Pollutants emission from building materials and their influence on indoor air quality and people performance in offices

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-144

  Šeduikyté, Lina ^a   Bliüdžius, Raimondas ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Indoor air quality; People performance; Sick building syndrome symptoms; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; VENTILATION;

BUILDING TECHNOLOGY; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; PEOPLE PERFORMANCE; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME SYMPTOMS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 21244480894     PISSN: 13923730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13923730.2005.9636343     Document Type: Article

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