Indoor air quality during renovation actions: A case study

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 740-744

  Hameed, A A Abdel ^a   Yasser, I H ^a   Khoder, I M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; LEAD; NITRATE; SULFATE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ALTERNARIA; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; AUREOBASIDIUM; BUILDING; CLADOSPORIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DUST; EPICOCCUM; EUROTIUM; EXOPHIALA; FUNGUS SPORE; HEALTH HAZARD; MOISTURE; NIGROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PAECILOMYCES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SUSPENSION; TRICHODERMA; ULOCLADIUM; VERTICILLIUM; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FUNGI; HUMANS; WATER;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS; AUREOBASIDIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; EPICOCCUM; EUROTIUM; EXOPHIALA; FUNGI; NIGROSPORA; PAECILOMYCES; PENICILLIUM; SCOPULARIOPSIS; TRICHODERMA; ULOCLADIUM;

EID: 4744346382     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b402995j     Document Type: Article

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