A steady-state model for predicting hygrothermal conditions in beds in relation to house dust mite requirements

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-314

  Pretlove, S E C ^a   Oreszczyn, T ^b   Ridley, I ^b   Wilkinson, T ^c,d   Crowther, D ^d  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Cambridgeshire   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSE DUST MITE REQUIREMENTS; HYGROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; MITE POPULATION INDEX (MPI); STEADY STATE MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUILDINGS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ACARI; ASTIGMATA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 29344463275     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0143624405bt137oa     Document Type: Article

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