论文标题
清洁空气的成本：空气过滤技术的价格分析
The cost of clean air: a price analysis of air filtration technology
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论文摘要
在全球人口中，空气污染是一个有害但日益严重的健康问题。暴露于空气传播污染物的持续时间可能导致多种健康状况，从短期支气管炎到长时间的心血管疾病和肺癌。在长期暴露于污染的情况下，污染物引起的健康状况的医学治疗可能非常昂贵。打击健康损害的最直接有效的方法是空气净化器，它们会吸收环境空气并过滤掉有害的污染物，然后再将其释放回周围环境。过滤器可在减少空气污染和相关性的情况下高效。对52个常见空气净化器进行了分析，以比较加利福尼亚四个县的严重空气污染水平上的采集和维护成本。这种方法使清洁空气的“成本”能够视为视角，即与医疗保健和其他费用，人口年龄和预先存在的条件相比的价格。
Air pollution is a pernicious but increasingly rampant health problem in human populations across the globe. Varying duration of exposure to airborne pollutants can result in a plethora of health conditions, ranging from short-term bronchitis to prolonged cardiovascular diseases and lung cancers. Under chronic exposure to pollution, medical treatment for pollutant-caused health conditions can be quite costly. The most immediate and effective way to combat the health detriments of pollution is air purifiers, which take in ambient air and filter out the harmful pollutants before releasing it back into the surroundings. Filters are highly effective at decreasing air pollution, and by association, hospitalizations from exposure. An analysis of 52 common air purifiers was undertaken to compare acquisition and maintenance costs during severe air pollution levels across four counties in California. This approach enables the "cost" of clean air to be put into perspective i.e., the price compared to the cost of healthcare and other expenses, population age, and pre-existing conditions.
