Indoor air quality of houses located in the urban environment of Agra, India

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1140, Issue , 2008, Pages 228-245

  Taneja, Ajay ^a   Saini, Renuka ^a   Masih, Amit ^a  

^a St Johns College   (India)

Author keywords

India; Indoor air quality; Indoor outdoor relationship; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORINE; NITROGEN OXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; CONFERENCE PAPER; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 54949139597     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1454.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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