Application of Multicriteria Decision Making Methods to Air Quality in the Microenvironments of Residential Houses in Brisbane, Australia

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2609-2616

  Ayoko, Godwin A ^a   Morawska, Lidia ^a   Kokot, Serge ^a   Gilbert, Dale ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Built Environment Research Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BACTERIA; DECISION MAKING; FUNGI; HOUSES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

OUTDOOR AIR QUALITY; RESIDENTIAL HOUSES;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; DECISION MAKING; INDOOR AIR; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOREMEDIATION; DECISION MAKING; MICROENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CITIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUEENSLAND; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

FUNGI;

EID: 2342655240     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0304695     Document Type: Article

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