The impact of building recirculation rates on secondary organic aerosols generated by indoor chemistry

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 5213-5223

  Zuraimi, M S ^a   Weschler, C J ^b,c   Tham, K W ^a   Fadeyi, M O ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Ozone initiated chemistry; Particle size distributions; Recirculation rates; Secondary organic aerosols (SOAs); Surface removal

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLES; INDOOR CHEMISTRY; RECIRCULATION RATES; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL (SOA);

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COAGULATION; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

OZONE; TERPENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; COAGULATION; EMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; LIMESTONE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; HEALTH HAZARD; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 34447328109     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.05.087     Document Type: Article

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