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DOI	10.3390/ijerph17072433
	Dust Events and Indoor Air Quality in Residential Homes in Kuwait
	Yuan, Yufei 1; Alahmad, Barrak 1,2; Kang, Choong-Min 1; Al-Marri, Fhaid 3; Kommula, Venkateswarlu 3; Bouhamra, Walid 4; Koutrakis, Petros 1
通讯作者	Yuan, Yufei
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
EISSN	1660-4601
出版年	2020
卷号	17 期号:7
英文摘要	Kuwait is a developed Middle Eastern country that is impacted by frequent dust storms from regional and/or remote deserts. The effectiveness of keeping homes tightly closed during these events to reduce dust exposures was assessed using indoor and outdoor particle samples at 10 residences within the metropolitan Kuwait City area. Specifically, this study compared indoor and outdoor levels of black carbon and 19 trace elements (Na, Mg, Al, Si, S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Br, Sr, and Zr) during dust and non-dust events and found that particle penetration efficiencies were lower during dust storm events (less than 20-30%) than during non-dust storm events (40-60%). Coarse particles had lower penetration efficiency compared to fine particles, which is due to differences in infiltration rates and settling velocities between these two size fractions. Our findings suggest that increasing home insulation could be an effective strategy to reduce indoor exposure to crustal particles from dust storm events in residential houses of Kuwait City.
英文关键词	indoor air quality Kuwait particle penetration dust storms exposure assessment indoor to outdoor ratio
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	USA ; Kuwait
开放获取类型	gold, Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000530763300265
WOS关键词	VOLATILE ORGANIC-COMPOUNDS ; PARTICULATE MATTER ; RESPIRATORY HEALTH ; COARSE PARTICLES ; FINE PARTICLES ; POLLUTION ; OUTDOOR ; STORMS ; PM2.5 ; HELSINKI
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/318950
作者单位	1.Harvard Univ, Harvard TH Chan Sch Publ Hlth, Environm Hlth Dept, Boston, MA 02215 USA; 2.Kuwait Univ, Fac Publ Hlth, Environm & Occupat Hlth Dept, Kuwait 12037, Kuwait; 3.Environm Lab, Al Rehab Complex, Kuwait 36141, Kuwait; 4.Gulf Univ Sci & Technol GUST, Kuwait 32093, Kuwait
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yuan, Yufei,Alahmad, Barrak,Kang, Choong-Min,et al. Dust Events and Indoor Air Quality in Residential Homes in Kuwait[J],2020,17(7).
APA	Yuan, Yufei.,Alahmad, Barrak.,Kang, Choong-Min.,Al-Marri, Fhaid.,Kommula, Venkateswarlu.,...&Koutrakis, Petros.(2020).Dust Events and Indoor Air Quality in Residential Homes in Kuwait.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH,17(7).
MLA	Yuan, Yufei,et al."Dust Events and Indoor Air Quality in Residential Homes in Kuwait".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 17.7(2020).