Investigations of factors affecting air pollutants in animal houses

Annals of Agriculture and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-215

  Gustafsson, Gösta ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Dept Agric Biosystems and Technol ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Animal houses; Calves; Carbon dioxide; Climate; Dust; Effectiveness; Pigs; Poultry; Tracer gas; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842530582     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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