Indoor air quality in homes, offices and restaurants in Korean urban areas - Indoor/outdoor relationships

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 529-544

  Baek, Sung Ok ^a   Kim, Yoon Shin ^b   Perry, Roger ^c  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benzene; Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS); Indoor air quality (IAQ); Nicotine; Respirable suspended particulate matter (RSP); Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NICOTINE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CATERING SERVICE; COOKING; EXHAUST GAS; HEATING; HOME; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KOREA; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; MONITORING; NITROGEN OXIDES; SMOKE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NICOTINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; INDOOR AIR; NICOTINE; PARTICULATE MATTER; VOC;

KOREA(SOUTH), SEOUL; KOREA(SOUTH), TAEGU;

EID: 0031060863     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00215-4     Document Type: Article

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