Indoor and outdoor carbon monoxide concentration relationships at different microenvironments in the Athens area

Chemosphere

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1007-1019

  Chaloulakou, A ^a   Mavroidis, I ^a   Duci, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

I O ratio measurements; Indoor air pollution; Regression analysis; Wind and concentration rose

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; INFRARED RADIATION;

MICROENVIRONMENTS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; INDOOR AIR; MICROMETEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; INFRARED RADIATION; METEOROLOGY; MICROENVIRONMENT; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC;

ATHENS; GREECE;

EID: 0037795708     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00263-7     Document Type: Article

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