Effects of child care center ventilation strategies on volatile organic compounds of indoor and outdoor origins

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2054-2059

  Zuraimi, Mohamed S ^a   Tham, Kwok W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTILATION;

CHILD CARE CENTERS (CCC); DIFFERENTVENTILATION STRATEGIES; VENTILATION STRATEGIES;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,3,5 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; ACETALDEHYDE; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZENE; BETA PINENE; BUTANOL; DECANE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEPTANE; ISOPRENE; LIMONENE; META XYLENE; NAPHTHALENE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR CONDITIONING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; VENTILATION; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 41849103040     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0714033     Document Type: Article

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