Indoor climate in interior Alaska: Simultaneous measurement of ventilation, benzene and toluene in residential indoor air of two homes

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 345, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 31-40

  Isbell, Maggie A ^a,b   Stolzberg, Richard J ^a   Duffy, Lawrence K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Benzene; Indoor air quality; Subarctic; Toluene; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GASOLINE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TOLUENE;

GARAGE; LIVING AREA; SOURCE STRENGTH; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BENZENE; GASOLINE; TOLUENE;

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SUMMER; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALASKA; ARCTIC REGIONS; BENZENE; HOUSING; SEASONS; TOLUENE; VENTILATION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20344403308     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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