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ReviewJournal of environmental health science & engineering2023

Implemented indoor airborne transmission mitigation strategies during COVID-19: a systematic review.

Reza Saeedi, Ehsan Ahmadi, Mohammad Sadegh Hassanvand, Mehrnoosh Abtahi Mohasel, Samira Yousefzadeh, Mohammad Safari

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Review in Journal of environmental health science & engineering, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Reza SaeediWorkplace Health Promotion Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Ehsan AhmadiDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
Mohammad Sadegh HassanvandDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mehrnoosh Abtahi MohaselWorkplace Health Promotion Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Samira YousefzadehDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran.
Mohammad SafariWorkplace Health Promotion Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-6786-5066

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted major economic and health burdens across the world. On the other hand, the potential airborne transmission of SARS-COV-2 via air can deeply undermine the effectiveness of countermeasures against spreading the disease. Therefore, there is an intense focus to look for ways to mitigate the COVID-19 spread within various indoor settings. This work systematically reviewed articles regarding airborne transmission of SARS-COV2 in various indoor settings since the onset of the pandemic. The systematic search was performed in Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed databases and has returned 19 original articles carefully screened with regard to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results showed that the facilities, such as dormitories and classrooms, received the most attention followed by office buildings, healthcare facilities, residential buildings, and other potential enclosed spaces such as a metro wagon. Besides, the majority of the studies were conducted experimentally while other studies were done using computer simulations. United States (n = 5), Spain (n = 4) and China (n = 3) were the top three countries based on the number of performed research. Ventilation rate was the most influential parameter in controlling the infection spread. CO Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40201-023-00847-0.

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Airborne transmissionCOVID-19Indoor air qualitySARS-COV-2Systematic reviewVentilation strategies

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PMID37152068
PMCPMC9968468

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