Source apportionment for indoor air pollution: Current challenges and future directions

DΕ Saraga, X Querol, RMBO Duarte… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Source apportionment (SA) for indoor air pollution is challenging due to the multiplicity and
high variability of indoor sources, the complex physical and chemical processes that act as …

Quantifying factors affecting contributions of roadway exhaust and non-exhaust emissions to ambient PM10–2.5 and PM2. 5–0.2 particles

VN Matthaios, J Lawrence, MAG Martins… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Traffic-related particulate matter (PM) plays an important role in urban air pollution.
However, sources of urban pollution are difficult to distinguish. This study utilises a mobile …

Factors influencing classroom exposures to fine particles, black carbon, and nitrogen dioxide in inner-city schools and their implications for indoor air quality

VN Matthaios, CM Kang, JM Wolfson… - Environmental …, 2022 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: School classrooms, where students spend the majority of their time during the
day, are the second most important indoor microenvironment for children. Objective: We …

Status and frontier analysis of indoor PM2.5-related health effects: a bibliometric analysis

X Zhao, H Xu, Y Li, Y Liu, C Guo, Y Li - Reviews on Environmental …, 2024 - degruyter.com
Epidemiological data indicate atmospheric particulate matter, especially fine particulate
matter (PM2. 5), has many negative effects on human health. Of note, people spend about …

Estimation of the fraction of soil-borne particulates in indoor air by PMF and its impact on health risk assessment of soil contamination in Guangzhou, China

ZJ Xu, HB Zhu, LY Shu, XX Lai, W Lu, L Fu… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The fraction of soil-borne particulates in indoor air (fspi), a principal exposure factor in health
risk assessment of soil, is used to calculate the inhaled dose of contaminants in air …

[HTML][HTML] Residential radon decay products are associated with cough and phlegm in patients with COPD

Z Wang, P Koutrakis, M Liu, CLZ Vieira, BA Coull… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Radon decay products attach to particulate matter (referred to as particle radioactivity, PR)
has been shown to be potential to promote airway damage after inhalation. In this study, we …

A predictive model of indoor PM2. 5 considering occupancy level in a hospital outpatient hall

Y Zhou, G Yang - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The hospital outpatient hall is more complex and sensitive than other indoor places because
of its high density, flow of patients, and risk of infection. The prediction of indoor pollutants …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of operations of air purifiers for control of indoor PM2. 5 using BIM and CFD

K Chen, Z Tan, H Zhou, Y Tan - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Prevention of PM2. 5 is attracting increasing attention all over the world as PM2. 5 can cause
and exacerbate respiratory diseases. Compared with conventional natural ventilation and …

On the concentration of radon in a polluted city of the Middle East: An insight into its association with PM levels, air properties, and risk assessment

G Goudarzi, Z Baboli, J Fatahiasl, YT Birgani… - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study was conducted in Ahvaz city, where the concentrations of radon and airborne
particles in 10, 2.5, and 1 micrometers, along with meteorological parameters were …

Temporal trends of particle gross β-activity and PM2.5 mass concentrations in the USA during 2001–2017

VN Matthaios, JM Wolfson, L Li, J Lawrence… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2023 - Springer
Recent studies conducted in the USA have shown that adverse health effects of fine
particulate matter (PM2. 5) persist at levels below the national air quality standards. More …