Personal interventions for reducing exposure and risk for outdoor air pollution: an official American Thoracic Society workshop report

RJ Laumbach, KR Cromar, G Adamkiewicz… - Annals of the …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Poor air quality affects the health and wellbeing of large populations around the globe.
Although source controls are the most effective approaches for improving air quality and …

[HTML][HTML] Personal interventions to reduce exposure to outdoor air pollution

RJ Laumbach, KR Cromar - Annual Review of Public Health, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Unhealthy levels of air pollution are breathed by billions of people worldwide, and air
pollution is the leading environmental cause of death and disability globally. Efforts to …

Personal strategies to minimise effects of air pollution on respiratory health: advice for providers, patients and the public

C Carlsten, S Salvi, GWK Wong… - European Respiratory …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
As global awareness of air pollution rises, so does the imperative to provide evidence-based
recommendations for strategies to mitigate its impact. While public policy has a central role …

Outdoor air pollution: counseling and exposure risk reduction

S Shofer, TM Chen, WG Kuschner, J Gokhale - The American journal of the …, 2007 - Elsevier
Air pollution is monitored on a daily basis in large population centers in the United States
and reported to the general public through a variety of media outlets as the Air Quality Index …

[HTML][HTML] What can individuals do to reduce personal health risks from air pollution?

R Laumbach, Q Meng, H Kipen - Journal of thoracic disease, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In many areas of the world, concentrations of ambient air pollutants exceed levels
associated with increased risk of acute and chronic health problems. While effective policies …

[HTML][HTML] Individual-and household-level interventions to reduce air pollution exposures and health risks: a review of the recent literature

RW Allen, P Barn - Current environmental health reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We reviewed recent peer-reviewed literature on three
categories of individual-and household-level interventions against air pollution: air purifiers …

Ambient air pollution and clinical implications for susceptible populations

LG Hooper, JD Kaufman - Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 2018 - atsjournals.org
Air pollution is associated with a diversity of health effects, and evidence for a causal
relationship with specific diseases exists. Exposure to air pollution is ubiquitous and typically …

Update on the health effects of outdoor air pollution

S Vedal - Clinics in chest medicine, 2002 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Recently, there has been a sharp increase in the number of published reports and reviews
that deal with the adverse effects of outdoor air pollution on health [1]. This is partly the result …

[HTML][HTML] Outdoor air pollutants and patient health

RJ Laumbach - American family physician, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Almost 160 million persons live in areas of the United States that exceed federal health-
based air pollution standards. The two air pollutants that most commonly exceed standards …

The respiratory risks of ambient/outdoor air pollution

G Adamkiewicz, J Liddie… - Clinics in chest …, 2020 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Humans are exposed to a wide range of air pollutants known to be associated with adverse
health effects. These pollutants can be associated with a wide range of activities and …