Indoor Environments, and Health: Moving into the 21st Century

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1489-1493

  Samet, Jonathan M ^a   Spengler, John D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; BIOSAFETY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TECHNIQUE; WORK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141832842     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.9.1489     Document Type: Review

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