Determination of air exchange rates of rooms and deposition factors for fine particles by means of photoelectric aerosol sensors

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 246-254

  Skillas, G ^a   Huglin Ch ^b   Siegmann, H C ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air exchange; Buildings; Combustion; Photo emission; Pollutants permeability

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC;

EID: 0345580879     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024648     Document Type: Article

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