Indoor air quality and its determinants in tropical child care centers

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2225-2239

  Zuraimi, M S ^a   Tham, K W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Child care centers (CCC); Cleaning; Determinants; Indoor air quality (IAQ); Sources; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TROPICAL BUILDINGS; VENTILATION;

AIR VELOCITY; CHILD CARE CENTERS (CCC); OCCUPANT DENSITY; VENTILATION RATES;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; SODIUM PEROXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILD CARE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLEANING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FUNGUS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMIDITY; INTERVIEW; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROOM VENTILATION; SINGAPORE; TROPICS; VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

FUNGI;

EID: 43049154390     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.11.041     Document Type: Article

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