Physico-chemical characterization of indoor/outdoor particulate matter in two residential houses in Oslo, Norway: Measurements overview and physical properties - Urban-Aerosol project

Indoor Air

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 282-295

  Lazaridis, M ^a   Aleksandropoulou, V ^a   Smolik J ^b   Hansen, J E ^c   Glytsos, T ^a   Kalogerakis, N ^a   Dahlin, E ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Human Exposure; I O ratio; Indoor Air Quality; Indoor Sources; Ventilation Rate

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; FOG; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

HUMAN EXPOSURES; I/O RATIO; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR SOURCES; INDOOR/OUTDOOR; OUTDOOR MEASUREMENTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RESIDENTIAL HOUSE; VENTILATION RATE;

HOUSES;

EID: 33745726431     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2006.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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