Towards sustainable and multifunctional air-filters: a review on biopolymer-based filtration materials

H Souzandeh, Y Wang, AN Netravali… - Polymer Reviews, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Air-filtration has played an increasingly important role in keeping desired indoor air quality in
spite of the heavily polluted air that has worsened by human being's activities. Because the …

Environmental monitoring of secondhand smoke exposure

BJ Apelberg, LM Hepp, E Avila-Tang… - Tobacco …, 2013 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
The complex composition of secondhand smoke (SHS) provides a range of constituents that
can be measured in environmental samples (air, dust and on surfaces) and therefore used …

“Green” nano-filters: fine nanofibers of natural protein for high efficiency filtration of particulate pollutants and toxic gases

H Souzandeh, Y Wang, WH Zhong - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Particulate and chemical pollutants are ubiquitous in polluted air. However, current air filters
using traditional polymers can only remove particles from the polluted air. To efficiently filter …

Tobacco smoke induced COPD/emphysema in the animal model—are we all on the same page?

M Leberl, A Kratzer, L Taraseviciene-Stewart - Frontiers in physiology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is one of the foremost causes of death
worldwide. It is primarily caused by tobacco smoke, making it an easily preventable disease …

Thirdhand smoke and exposure in California hotels: non-smoking rooms fail to protect non-smoking hotel guests from tobacco smoke exposure

GE Matt, PJE Quintana, AL Fortmann… - Tobacco …, 2014 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Introduction This study examined tobacco smoke pollution (also known as thirdhand smoke,
THS) in hotels with and without complete smoking bans and investigated whether non …

'Herbal'but potentially hazardous: an analysis of the constituents and smoke emissions of tobacco-free waterpipe products and the air quality in the cafes where they …

F Hammal, A Chappell, TC Wild… - Tobacco …, 2015 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Background There are limited data on the composition and smoke emissions of
'herbal'shisha products and the air quality of establishments where they are smoked …

Contribution of solid fuel, gas combustion, or tobacco smoke to indoor air pollutant concentrations in Irish and Scottish homes

S Semple, C Garden, M Coggins, KS Galea… - Indoor …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
There are limited data describing pollutant levels inside homes that burn solid fuel within
developed country settings with most studies describing test conditions or the effect of …

Characteristics of secondhand cannabis smoke from common smoking methods: Calibration factor, emission rate, and particle removal rate

T Zhao, KC Cheng, WR Ott, L Wallace… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
The widespread legalization of recreational cannabis use raises growing concerns about
exposure to secondhand cannabis smoke (SCS). However, few studies are characterizing …

Protecting the world from secondhand tobacco smoke exposure: where do we stand and where do we go from here?

J Barnoya, A Navas-Acien - Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Introduction: Article 8 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control mandates
all signatory countries to “protect citizens from exposure to tobacco smoke in workplaces …

[HTML][HTML] Indoor source apportionment in urban communities near industrial sites

BJ Tunno, R Dalton, L Cambal, F Holguin, P Lioy… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - Elsevier
Because fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) differs in chemical composition, source
apportionment is frequently used for identification of relative contributions of multiple …