The effects of indoor air quality on performance and productivity

Indoor Air, Supplement

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2004, Pages 92-101

  Wyon, D P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air quality; Energy; IEQ; Noise; Performance; Productivity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; VENTILATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR SUPPLY RATE; ENERGY; HEALTHY INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; IEQ; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; NOISE; OFFICE WORKS; OUTDOOR AIR; PERFORMANCE;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE SENSE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 20844445973     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2004.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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