[HTML][HTML] Ultrafine particles: A review about their health effects, presence, generation, and measurement in indoor environments

J Marval, P Tronville - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Human exposure to aerosols has been associated with diseases and death, reducing the
population's life expectancy up to a few years. Indoor particulate matter is predominant in …

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 …

Indoor particulate matter during HOMEChem: Concentrations, size distributions, and exposures

S Patel, S Sankhyan, EK Boedicker… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
It is important to improve our understanding of exposure to particulate matter (PM) in
residences because of associated health risks. The HOMEChem campaign was conducted …

How do indoor environments affect air pollution exposure?

AH Goldstein, WW Nazaroff, CJ Weschler… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Air pollution in urban areas is associated with adverse human health outcomes, including
cardiopulmonary disease and premature death. The relationships, determined largely …

[HTML][HTML] An updated systematic review and meta-analysis on portable air cleaners and blood pressure: Recommendations for users and manufacturers

S Faridi, RW Allen, RD Brook, F Yousefian… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution is a leading contributor to the global
burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD). One important underlying mechanism is an …

Indoor air quality in Urban India: current status, research gap, and the way forward

AK Thakur, S Patel - Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Given that people spend most of their time indoors in developed nations, personal exposure
occurring in indoor spaces dominates cumulative exposure. Therefore, the total mortality …

The climate and health benefits from intensive building energy efficiency improvements

KT Gillingham, P Huang, C Buehler, J Peccia… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Intensive building energy efficiency improvements can reduce emissions from energy use,
improving outdoor air quality and human health, but may also affect ventilation and indoor …

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 …

Reducing Indoor Levels of “Outdoor PM2.5” in Urban China: Impact on Mortalities

J Xiang, CJ Weschler, Q Wang, L Zhang… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
This study estimates adult mortalities attributed to PM2. 5 across urban China in 2015 and
the corresponding mortalities that might be avoided by meeting the yearly averaged indoor …

Practical considerations for using low-cost sensors to assess wildfire smoke exposure in school and childcare settings

O Stampfer, C Zuidema, RW Allen, J Fox… - Journal of Exposure …, 2024 - nature.com
Background More frequent and intense wildfires will increase concentrations of smoke in
schools and childcare settings. Low-cost sensors can assess fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) …