Indoor air quality in Michigan schools

Indoor Air

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-121

  Godwin, C ^a   Batterman, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Nutritional Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaerosols; Exposure assessment; Indoor air quality; Schools; Ventilation; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; TEACHING; VENTILATION;

AIR QUALITY PARAMETERS; BIOAEROSOLS; ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS; EMISSION SOURCES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; MICHIGAN; RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES; SCHOOL; VENTILATION RATE;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33947593526     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2006.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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