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ArticleACS ES&T air2026

Field Evaluation of Do-It-Yourself Air Filtration Solutions for Evaporative Coolers to Reduce Ambient Particle Infiltration in Homes in Wildfire-Affected Communities.

Mingyu Wang, Aditya Singh, David Chang, Isabella Kaser, Jeff Wagner, Zhong-Min Wang, Brett C Singer, Shelly L Miller, Nayamin Martinez, Ruben Rodriguez and 8 more

Abstract read
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Article in ACS ES&T air, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Mingyu WangDepartment of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States.
Aditya SinghDepartment of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States.
David ChangTracking California, Public Health Institute, Oakland, California 94607, United States.
Isabella KaserTracking California, Public Health Institute, Oakland, California 94607, United States.
Jeff WagnerCenter for Laboratory Sciences, Environmental Health Laboratory, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California 94804, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4337-622X
Zhong-Min WangCenter for Laboratory Sciences, Environmental Health Laboratory, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California 94804, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5536-523X
Brett C SingerLawrence Berkley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5665-4343
Shelly L MillerDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1967-7551
Nayamin MartinezCentral California Environmental Justice Network, Fresno, California 93727, United States.
Ruben RodriguezCentral California Environmental Justice Network, Fresno, California 93727, United States.
Stephanie JarmulOffice of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, Oakland, California 94612, United States.
McKenna ThompsonOffice of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, Oakland, California 94612, United States.
Peggy ReynoldsDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States.
Julie Von BehrenDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9342-5299
John R BalmesSchool of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States.
Mohammad HeidarinejadDepartment of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States.
Brent StephensDepartment of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0177-6703
Gina SolomonSchool of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evaporative coolers (ECs) introduce outdoor air pollutants indoors when operating. This study evaluates the potential of do-it-yourself (DIY) air filtration solutions for ECs to cost-effectively reduce the infiltration of ambient fine particulate matter (PM

Indexed as

air filtrationair pollutionair quality interventionindoor air qualitylow-cost sensorsparticulate matterwildfire

Identifiers

PMID41987910
PMCPMC13077632

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