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"If you can't breathe nothing else matters"
Source-The American Lung Association


	LATEST RESEARCH AND PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI GROUP To download all of the accumulated research data to-date University of Cincinnati Volume One Please Note: large file 116 meg. If the download takes too long, call us and we will send you all of the papers on CD. University of Cincinnati Volume Two Please Note: Please Note: large file 42 meg. If the download takes too long, call us and we will send you all of the papers on CD. UCLA - Please Note: Please Note: large file 8 meg. If the download takes too long, call us and we will send you all of the papers on CD. 1. Lee, B.U., Yermakov, M., and Grinshpun, S.A. (2004) Removal of Fine and Ultrafine Particles from Indoor Air Environments by the Unipolar Ion Emission, Atmospheric Environment, 38:4815-4823. AS150MM (FAB) Ionic Air Purifier was found efficient in removing fine and ultra fine particles from indoor air of a typical room. 2. Grinshpun, S.A., Mainelis, G., Trunov, Adhikari, A., Reponen, T., and Willeke, K. (2005) Evaluation of Ionic Air Purifiers for Reducing Aerosol Exposure in Confined Indoor Spaces, Indoor Air, in print. The AS150MM (FAB), was shown to significantly reduce the aerosol concentration (down to virus size) in the breathing zone. Any air condition or air mixing enhanced the air cleaning effect. 3. Lee, B.U., Yermakov, M., and Grinshpun, S.A. (2005) Filtering Efficiency of N95- and R95-Type Facepiece Respirators, Dust-Mist Facepiece Respirators, and Surgical Masks Operating in Unipolarly Ionized Indoor Air Environments, International Journal for Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 5(3):27-40. AS150MM (FAB) Mini-Mate Ionic room cleaner was shown to significantly reduce the penetration efficiency of even the smallest viral particles by about 30 fold for N95, R95, dust-mist respirators and surgical masks, with zero additional breathing restrictions. 4. Grinshpun, S.A., Mainelis, G., Reponen, T., Willeke, K., Trunov M.A., and Adhikari, A. (2001) Effect of Wearable Ionizers on the Concentration of Respirable Airborne Particles and Micro-organisms, Proceedings of the European Aerosol Conference (Leipzig, Germany, September 3-7, 2001), Journal of Aerosol Science, 32 (Suppl.1):335-336. The particle removal efficiency of the AS150MM Mini-Mate (FAB) reached almost 100% in a walk in chamber. 5. Grinshpun, S.A., Adhikari, A., Lee, B.U., Trunov, M., Mainelis, G., Yermakov, M., and Reponen, T. (2004) Indoor Air Pollution Control Through Ionization, IN: Air Pollution: Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution (Ed: C.A. Brebbia), WIT Press, Southampton, U.K.:689-704. The data for the AS150MM Mini-Mate (FAB) on the physical and bactericidal efficiencies of the ion emission suggest that the reduction in the indoor aerosol concentration combined with the germ inactivation can significantly reduce human exposure to indoor air pollutants. This reduces the risk of adverse health effects. 6. Lee, B.U., Yermakov, M., and Grinshpun, S.A. (2003) Evaluation of the Ionic Air Purification Efficiency by the Electrical Low Pressure Impactor (ELPI), Program Addendum to the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Aerosol Research Late Breaking News (Anaheim, California, U.S.A., October 20-24, 2003), LB20. AS150MM Mini-Mate (FAB) Ion Generators demonstrate significant air purifying efficiency and removed about 97% of even virus sized particles in a room sized indoor test chamber. 7.Grinshpun, S.A., Lee, B.U., and Yermakov, M. (2004) Indoor Air Purification by Ionic Emission, Abstracts of the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., May 8-13, 2004), #71, 18. Operation of AS150MM Mini-Mate (FAB) in a room sized test chamber reduced even virus sized airborne particles by a factor of almost 30. 8.Grinshpun, S.A. and Reponen, T. (2004) Respiratory Protection Against Airborne Biological Agents: A Novel Approach to Enhance the Efficiency of Facepiece Respirators, Abstracts of the Special Symposium Perspectives on Biodefense: Science, Politics and Practice? (Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A., October 29-30, 2004), A13. AS150MM Mini-Mate (FAB) should make a crucial difference with respect to exposure and health risk against air borne biological agents. 9.Grinshpun, S.A. (2004) Respirator Performance with Infectious Agents, Abstracts of the CDC Workshop on Respiratory Protection for Airborne Infectious Agents (Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., November 30 - December 1, 2004), 3.1. The AS150MM Mini-Mate (FAB) can enhance the performance of existing medical masks against infections agents. 10. Dr. Donald P. Dennis M.D. FACS Ent (2003) Treatment of Allergy Fungal Sinusitis by Decreasing the Environmental Fungal Load. Archives of Environmental Health July 2003 (vol58 (no7) pages 433 to 441 The AS150MM (FAB) was found to be 800% better in reducing mould colonies than that required to achieve sinus health. 11. Byung Uk Lee1, Mikhail Yermakov, Sergey A. Grinshpun (2005) Filtering Efficiency of N95- and R95-Type Facepiece Respirators, Dust-Mist Facepiece Respirators, and Surgical Masks Operating in Unipolarly Ionized Indoor Air Environments.