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RUNNING HEAD Importance of Indoor Air Quality in the Household during Covid-19

Importance of Indoor Air Quality in the Household during Covid-19

Importance of indoor air quality in the household during Covid-19

· Abouleish, M. Y. Z. (2020). Indoor air quality and coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Public Health. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033350620301529

This article discusses the importance of indoor air quality and its role in combating Covid-19.

· Afshari, R. (2020). Indoor air quality and severity of COVID-19: where communicable and non-communicable preventive measures meet. Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology, 9(1), 1-2. Retrieved from http://apjmt.mums.ac.ir/article_15312_1808.html

This article discusses the connection between indoor air quality and Covid-19 and explores how indoor air quality management can be used to reduce the severity of the pandemic.

· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Ventilation in Buildings. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/ventilation.html

This article recommends the use of ventilations in buildings to reduce indoor air pollution during the Covid-19 pandemic.

· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019). Covid-19 considerations for cleaner air shelters and cleaner air spaces to protect the public from wildfire smoke. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/cleaner-air-shelters.html

This article suggests strategies such as the use of portable room air cleaners as a war to improve indoor air quality.

· Domínguez-Amarillo, S., Fernández-Agüera, J., Cesteros-García, S., & González-Lezcano, R. A. (2020). Bad air can also kill residential indoor air quality and pollutant exposure risk during the COVID-19 crisis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), 7183. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/19/7183

This article presents the results of a survey on residential indoor air quality during the pandemic and recommends ways to improve indoor air quality.

· Du, W., & Wang, G. (2020). Indoor air pollution was nonnegligible during covid-19 lockdown. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 20(9), 1851-1855. Retrieved from https://aaqr.org/articles/aaqr-20-06-covid-0281?rCH=2

This article assesses the role of indoor air pollution on the spread of Covid-19 during lockdown.

· Kroll, J. H., Heald, C. L., Cappa, C. D., Farmer, D. K., Fry, J. L., Murphy, J. G., & Steiner, A. L. (2020). The complex chemical effects of COVID-19 shutdowns on air quality. Nature Chemistry, 12(9), 777-779. Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41557-020-0535-z

This article explores how Covid-19 lockdowns have affected indoor air quality.

· Mumtaz, R., Zaidi, S. M. H., Shakir, M. Z., Shafi, U., Malik, M. M., Haque, A., ... & Zaidi, S. A. R. (2021). Internet of Things (IoT) Based Indoor Air Quality Sensing and Predictive Analytic—A COVID-19 Perspective. Electronics, 10(2), 184. Retrieved from https://www.mdpi.com/961766

This article discusses how Internet of Things can be used to monitor indoor air quality during the Covid-a9 pandemic.

· Nwanaji-Enwerem, J. C., Allen, J. G., & Beamer, P. I. (2020). Another invisible enemy indoors: COVID-19, human health, the home, and United States indoor air policy. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 30(5), 773-775. Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41370-020-0247-x

This article identifies the sources of indoor air pollution and the health impacts of indoor air pollution in relation to Covid-19.

· Wolkoff, P. (2018). Indoor air humidity, air quality, and health–An overview. International journal of hygiene and environmental health, 221(3), 376-390. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1438463917306946

This article discusses the role that indoor air quality plays on health.