Probabilistic risk analysis of building contamination

Indoor Air

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 351-364

  Bolster, D T ^a   Tartakovsky, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Probabilistic; Random; Risk analysis; Stochastic; Ventilation contaminant

Indexed keywords

FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; IMPURITIES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VENTILATION;

BUILDING SPACES; PROBABILISTIC RISK ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; PROBABILISTICS; RANDOM; RELEVANT COMPONENTS; STOCHASTICS; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; VENTILATION CONTAMINANT; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

CONTAMINATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VENTILATION;

EID: 51849121039     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2008.00536.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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