Assessing the effectiveness of portable HEPA air cleaners for reducing particulate matter exposure in King County, Washington homeless shelters: Implications for …

CH Huang, T Bui, D Hwang, J Shirai, E Austin… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over four thousand portable air cleaners (PACs) with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA)
filters were distributed by Public Health-Seattle & King County to homeless shelters during …

Quantifying the contributions of road and air traffic to ambient ultrafine particles in two urban communities

C Wang, J Xiang, E Austin, T Larson, E Seto - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Traffic-related activities are widely acknowledged as a primary source of urban ambient
ultrafine particles (UFPs). However, a notable gap exists in quantifying the contributions of …

Demonstrating the most effective interventions to improve classroom air quality. What novel in situ tests of real-world conditions show is still missing in our guidance

D Green, N Cooper, C de Silva, P Bahl… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Over 20 years ago a report commissioned by the European Commission identified air quality
in schools as a public health priority. Despite this concern, little action was taken in the …

Use of Portable Air Cleaners in Washington State Schools: A Qualitative Analysis Based on the Technology Acceptance Model

N Carmona, E Seto, L Hayward, S Tan… - Journal of School …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND The US government allocated over $2.5 billion in “Elementary
and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER)” funds to Washington State for COVID …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring of Ventilation, Portable Air Cleaner Operation, and Particulate Matter in California Classrooms: A Pilot Study

W Chen, ZM Wang, K Peerless, E Ullman, MJ Mendell… - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Interest in improving ventilation and indoor air quality (IAQ) in California schools has grown
since the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper presents a field protocol for simultaneous …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of Filtration Efficiency of Various Filter Media in Addressing Wildfire Smoke in Indoor Environments: Importance of Particle Size and Composition

T Shirman, E Shirman, S Liu - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sub-micron particles are ubiquitous in the indoor environment, especially during wildfire
smoke episodes, and have a higher impact on human health than larger particles …

Air Pollution in the Puget Sound: Environmental Health Disparities and Brain Health

N Carmona - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Ambient air pollution such as fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) has been demonstrated to
have respiratory and cardiovascular effects and is hypothesized to be associated with the …

[PDF][PDF] Prevention and mitigation of ultrafine particulate matter in private dwellings-A review

W Frenzel - 2024 - depositonce.tu-berlin.de
For the first time a review is presented which is solely devoted to prevention and mitigation
of ultrafine particle (UFP) indoor pollution in private dwellings. The review with a total of 248 …