Indoor air quality assessment in the air traffic control tower of the Athens Airport, Greece

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 148, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 47-60

  Helmis, Costas G ^a   Assimakopoulos, Vasiliki D ^b   Flocas, Helena A ^a   Stathopoulou, Ourania I ^a   Sgouros, George ^a   Hatzaki, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

CO2; Indoor air quality; Measures; Offices; PM10 and PM2.5; Thermal comfort; TVOCS

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BUILDINGS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTROL TOWERS; FLOW OF GASES; HUMIDITY CONTROL; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PERSONNEL; THERMAL COMFORT; TOWERS;

CO2; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; MEASURES; OFFICES; PM10 AND PM2.5; TVOCS;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; VENTILATION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; JOB SATISFACTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WORKROOM AIR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AVIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEASONS; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 58049184732     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0138-9     Document Type: Article

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