Air quality in hospital operating rooms

Building and Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1945-1952

  Dascalaki, Elena G ^a   Lagoudi, Argyro ^b   Balaras, Constantinos A ^a   Gaglia, Athina G ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Terra Nova Ltd   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic gases; Indoor air quality; Operating rooms

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ANESTHETICS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION; FLOW OF GASES; GASES; HOSPITALS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; PERSONNEL; TECHNOLOGY; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; HEATING , VENTILATING AND AIRCONDITIONING (HVAC) SYSTEMS; INDOOR CONDITIONS; INDOOR-AIR-QUALITY (IAQ); ISOFLURANE; MECHANICAL VENTILATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; SEVOFLURANE; WIDE-RANGE;

HEALTH;

AIR QUALITY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INDOOR AIR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 46249086744     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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