Assessing the benefit and cost for a voluntary indoor air quality certification scheme in Hong Kong

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 320, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 89-107

  Tse, M S ^a   Chau, C K ^a   Lee, W L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Indoor air quality; Particulate standards

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FINANCIAL LOSS; MICRO-ENVIRONMENT MODELS;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FILTER; FINANCE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HONG KONG; MICROENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; WELLBEING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CERTIFICATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC SECTOR; VENTILATION; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 1542328139     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.08.008     Document Type: Article

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