Ways to Keep Your Lungs Healthy
Don't Smoke
Test Your Home for Radon
Clean Your Carpets
Stay Active
Check Your Appliances
Keep Cockroaches Away
Clean Your Humidifier
Drink Plenty of Water
Do Breathing Exercises
Wash Your Hands
Check Your Air Quality
Laugh More
Get Regular Checkups
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SOURCES:
American Lung Association: "Healthy Air: Cockroaches," "Breathing Exercises," "Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Symptoms, Causes and Risk Factors," "Healthy Air: Nitrogen Dioxide," "Healthy Air: Air Quality Index," "Healthy Air: Carpets." "Tips to Keep Your Lungs Healthy."
Breathe: "Your Lungs and Exercise."
CDC: "Smoking and COPD."
COPD.net: "Staying Hydrated."
EPA: "Nitrogen Dioxide's Impact on Indoor Air Quality."
Mayo Clinic: "Lung cancer."
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: "Pulmonary Function Tests."
National Safety Council: "Test Your Home for Radon Gas Exposure."
Rush University Medical Center: "8 Tips for Healthy Lungs."
WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality: Selected Pollutants: "Nitrogen Dioxide."