Valuing the health benefits of improving indoor air quality in residences

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 394, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-38

  Chau, C K ^a   Hui, W K ^a   Tse, M S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Indoor air quality; Intervention measures; Residential buildings

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INTERVENTION MEASURES; RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS;

HEALTH; AIR CLEANERS;

ADULT; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INDOOR AIR; MODELING; NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; HONG KONG; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HOUSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; CUMULATIVE BENEFITS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INTERVENTION MEASURES; MICROENVIRONMENTS; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING;

EID: 40349089611     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.01.033     Document Type: Article

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