Personal Interventions for Reducing Exposure and Risk for Outdoor Air Pollution: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report

Laumbach, Robert J.; Cromar, Kevin R.; Adamkiewicz, Gary; Carlsten, Christopher; Chan, Wanyu R.; Charpin, Denis; de Nazelle, Audrey; Forastiere, Francesco; Goldstein, Jeffrey; Gumy, Sophie; Hallman, William K.; Jerrett, Michael; Kipen, Howard M.; Pirozzi, Cheryl S.; Polivka, Barbara J.; Radbel, Jared; Shaffer, Ronald E.; Sin, Don D.; Viegi, Giovanni

doi:10.1513/annalsats.202104-421st

Title: Personal Interventions for Reducing Exposure and Risk for Outdoor Air Pollution: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report

Journal Article · 01 September 2021 · Annals of the American Thoracic Society

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1513/annalsats.202104-421st · OSTI ID:1826563

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Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ (United States)
New York Univ. (NYU), NY (United States)
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (United States)
Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (Canada)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Aix-Marseille Univ., Marseille (France); French Clean Air Association, Marseille (France)
Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)
Lung Transplant Foundation, Cary, NC (United States)
World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
Univ. of Kansas, Kansas City, KS (United States)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Bethesda, MD (United States)
National Research Council, Palermo (Italy). 9Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation; National Research Council, Pisa (Italy). Institute of Clinical Physiology

Poor air quality affects the health and wellbeing of large populations around the globe. Although source controls are the most effective approaches for improving air quality and reducing health risks, individuals can also take actions to reduce their personal exposure by staying indoors, reducing physical activity, altering modes of transportation, filtering indoor air, and using respirators and other types of face masks. A synthesis of available evidence on the efficacy, effectiveness, and potential adverse effects or unintended consequences of personal interventions for air pollution is needed by clinicians to assist patients and the public in making informed decisions about use of these interventions. To address this need, the American Thoracic Society convened a workshop in May of 2018 to bring together a multidisciplinary group of international experts to review the current state of knowledge about personal interventions for air pollution and important considerations when helping patients and the general public to make decisions about how best to protect themselves. From these discussions, recommendations were made regarding when, where, how, and for whom to consider personal interventions. In addition to the efficacy and safety of the various interventions, the committee considered evidence regarding the identification of patients at greatest risk, the reliability of air quality indices, the communication challenges, and the ethical and equity considerations that arise when discussing personal interventions to reduce exposure and risk from outdoor air pollution.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1826563

Journal Information:: Annals of the American Thoracic Society, Journal Name: Annals of the American Thoracic Society Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 18; ISSN 2329-6933

Publisher:: American Thoracic SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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