Ubiquitous environmental exposures increase cardiovascular disease risk via diverse
mechanisms. This review examines personal strategies to minimize this risk. With regard to …

Environmental air pollutants are a significant cause for development and exacerbation of
respiratory disease. 1–3 This chapter focuses on respiratory health effects of pollutants in …

This study aims to design, fabricate, and optimize fibrous panels made of discarded
polypropylene face masks (FMs) for application in sound absorption and thermal insulation …

Background & objective Disposable face masks are a primary protective measure against
the adverse health effects of exposure to infectious and toxic aerosols such as airborne …

Impinging jet ventilation (IJV) system is promising to improve air quality in hospital wards
compared with traditional mixing systems, while previously studied IJV systems for hospital …

Background: Owing to shortage of surgical and N95 filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs)
during the COVID-2019 pandemic, various masks were developed to prevent infection. This …

Importance: Masks reduce transmission of SARS-CoV2 and other respiratory pathogens.
Comparative studies of the fitted filtration efficiency of different types of masks of are few …

Poor-fitting face masks can allow particles, including the coronavirus disease 2019 virus, to
spread. Reproducible methods for fit testing face masks are scarce and many require …