Fresh air and foul: The role of the open fireplace in ventilating the British home, 1837-1910

Planning Perspectives

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-21

  Mosley, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VENTILATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037237294     PISSN: 02665433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0266543032000047387     Document Type: Article

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