Sick buildings or not: Indoor air quality and health problems in schools

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 548-555

  Alsmo, Thomas ^a   Holmberg, Sture ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air quality; Furnishing and materials; Indoor environment; Measurements; Particle implications; Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; HEALTH; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL;

EID: 36249026326     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X07084414     Document Type: Article

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