Indoor air quality in new hotels' guest rooms of the major world factory region

International Journal of Hospitality Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-32

  Chan, Wilco ^a   Lee, Shun Cheng ^a   Chen, Youming ^b   Mak, Barry ^a   Wong, Kevin ^a   Chan, Chi Sing ^a   Zheng, Cong ^b   Guo, Xingguo ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Field study; Hotel; Indoor air quality; Pearl River Delta; VOCs

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549119252     PISSN: 02784319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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