Relative air humidity in hospital wards - User perception and technical consequences

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-97

  Skoog, Jennie ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Field study; Hospital ward; Questionnaires; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIELD STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; HUMIDITY; NURSING STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUMMER; WARD; WINTER;

EID: 33144472716     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X06062100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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