Indoor air pollution in India: sources to solution
The indoor air pollution is important area of concern in modern times where we spent most of time indoors after our daily routine. This is also a serious public health concern in India with more than half of the Indian households relying on solid fuel use. The important sources for indoor air pollut...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2023-01-01
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| Series: | NMO Journal |
| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.53772/NMO.2023.17110 |
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| Summary: | The indoor air pollution is important area of concern in modern times where we spent most of time indoors after our daily routine. This is also a serious public health concern in India with more than half of the Indian households relying on solid fuel use. The important sources for indoor air pollution include PM 2.5, VOCs and biological pollutants. Three pronged strategy of source reduction through certain changes, adequate ventilation of living spaces and correct methods of cleaning the indoor air by use of air purifiers and indoor plants will help to reduce the indoor air pollution levels thereby decrease its impact on our health. In this article, we reviewed these strategies.
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| ISSN: | 2348-3806 |