Interventions to Reduce Personal Exposures to Air Pollution: A Primer for Health Care Providers
Abstract
Highlights
- Air pollution is responsible for a wide variety of health problems and 4.2 million premature deaths annually and is a health risk even in “low” pollution areas.
- Air pollution exposures can be reduced by using portable room air purifiers, wearing face masks, recirculating automobile cabin air, using air conditioning, and by closing windows.
- Clinicians can determine appropriate interventions to reduce personal exposures by following the algorithm developed in Figure 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2019.02.001 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Published on: Mar 1, 2019
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
© 2019 Robert L. Bard, M. Khalid Ijaz, Junfeng (Jim) Zhang, Yuguo Li, Chunxue Bai, Yongbin Yang, Wilfredo D. Garcia, John Creek, Robert D. Brook, published by Ubiquity Press
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