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Characterization of particle number concentrations and PM2.5 in a school: influence of outdoor air pollution on indoor air [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background, Aim and Scope The impact of air pollution on school children’s health is currently one of the key foci of international and national agencies.
Ayoko, Godwin   +5 more
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Natural Ventilation Potential of Residential Buildings in China Considering the Combined Effect of Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution

open access: yesBuildings
With its rapid economic development, China has had to confront the serious issues of high energy consumption and air pollution. Natural ventilation is regarded as an effective method to reduce building energy consumption, but it is largely influenced by ...
Bo Lin, Changhong Xie, Yan Chen, Xu Xu
doaj   +1 more source

Quantifying the dynamic characteristics of indoor air pollution using real-time sensors: Current status and future implication

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2023
People generally spend most of their time indoors, making indoor air quality be of great significance to human health. Large spatiotemporal heterogeneity of indoor air pollution can be hardly captured by conventional filter-based monitoring but real-time
Jinze Wang   +7 more
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Study of association between exposure to indoor air pollution and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among nonsmokers in a North Indian population – A case–control study

open access: yesIndian Journal of Respiratory Care, 2019
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the most killing diseases worldwide. Tobacco smoking is still the most common single cause of COPD, but in developing countries such as India, indoor air pollution is one of the common ...
Madhurmay   +6 more
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Current State of Indoor Air Phytoremediation Using Potted Plants and Green Walls

open access: yesAtmosphere, 2021
Urban civilization has a high impact on the environment and human health. The pollution level of indoor air can be 2–5 times higher than the outdoor air pollution, and sometimes it reaches up to 100 times or more in natural/mechanical ventilated ...
Samaneh Bandehali   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Improving Indoor Air Quality through Standardization

open access: yesStandards, 2023
Human beings experience a large fraction of their exposure to air pollutants in indoor environments. Air pollution is a large environmental health risk, and exposure to ambient air pollution and indoor air pollution contribute equally to the total number
John Saffell, Sascha Nehr
doaj   +1 more source

A review of air filtration technologies for sustainable and healthy building ventilation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Urbanization increased population density in cities and consequently leads to severe indoor air pollution. As a result of these trends, the issue of sustainable and healthy indoor environment has received increasing attention.
Chen, Xiangjie   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Enhanced nocturnal and aqueous formation of CHON during winter haze in Beijing

open access: yesnpj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Organic nitrogen aerosols influence haze pollution, climate change, and human health, while our understanding of their molecular composition and formation mechanisms in polluted environments remains limited.
Hui Chen   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

EXPLORING INDOOR AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY AND RISK OF LOW BIRTH WEIGHT IN SEBERANG ULU 1, PALEMBANG

open access: yesJurnal Ilmu Kesehatan Masyarakat, 2019
Adverse birth outcomes are determined by a complex combination of genetic, social, and environmental factors. Numerous studies have concluded an association exists between air pollution and low birth weight (LBW).
Dwi Septiawati, Ani Nidia Listianti
doaj   +1 more source

Reducing CO2 level in the indoor urban built environment: Analysing indoor plants under different light levels

open access: yesCleaner Engineering and Technology, 2023
Recent studies have highlighted that people spend most of their time indoors, making indoor air quality a critical concern. Indoor air pollution can have detrimental effects on human health, and the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in indoor ...
Nilanka Harshani Weerasinghe   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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