Indoor air quality assessment in and around urban slums of Delhi city, India

Indoor Air

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 488-498

  Kulshreshtha, P ^a   Khare, M ^b   Seetharaman, P ^a  

^a Delhi University ^*  (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Indoor air pollution; Low grade fuels; Sick building syndrome; Urban poor; Urban rich

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HOUSING; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION; AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; LOW GRADE FUEL; RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; URBAN POOR; URBAN RICH;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 56349094820     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2008.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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