Indoor environment and pupils' health in primary schools

Building Research and Information

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 437-446

  Van Dijken, F ^a   Van Bronswijk, J E M H ^a   Sundell, J ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Building characteristics; Building stock; Health; Indoor air quality; Principal Component Analysis (PCA); Schools

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 33748689753     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210600735851     Document Type: Article

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