Self-reported health impacts of do-it-yourself air cleaner use in a smoke-impacted community

• DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25225
• Publication Date: 2024-01-29T17:36:40Z
• Authors: Mallory W. Turner; Pradeep Prathibha; Amara Holder; Ana G. Rappold; Beth Hassett-Sipple; Brian McCaughey; Linda Wei; Andrea Davis; Kathryn Vinsonhaler; Amber Batchelder; Julia Carlstad; Ann N. Chelminski
• Keywords: H1-99; Science (General); Human health; Wood stove smoke; 01 natural sciences; Social sciences (General); Wildfire smoke; Q1-390; Portable air cleaners; Health symptoms; Indoor air quality; Research Article; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

Smoke exposure from wildfires or residential wood burning for heat is a public health problem many communities. Do-It-Yourself (DIY) portable air cleaners (PACs) are promoted as affordable alternatives to commercial PACs, but evidence of their effect on outcomes limited.