Comparative overview of indoor air quality in Antwerp, Belgium

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 789-797

  Stranger, M ^a,b   Potgieter Vermaak, S S ^c   Van Grieken, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gaseous pollutants; Indoor air quality; PM1; PM10; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN OXIDES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PARTICULATE POLLUTANTS; POLLUTANT LEVELS;

AIR QUALITY;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GAS; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BELGIUM; CANADA; CHINA; DUST; GERMANY; NORWAY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCHOOL; SMOKE; SMOKING;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

FABIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 34250888744     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.02.014     Document Type: Article

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