Indoor environmental quality in Hellenic hospital operating rooms

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 551-560

  Dascalaki, Elena G ^a   Gaglia, Athina G ^a   Balaras, Constantinos A ^a   Lagoudi, Argyro ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Terra Nova Ltd   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hospital operating rooms; Indoor environmental quality; Occupational survey; Symptomatology

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEALTH; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PERSONNEL; SURVEYS;

ACOUSTICAL COMFORTS; AVERAGE NUMBERS; COMFORT CONDITIONS; ENERGY-EFFICIENT; INDOOR AIR QUALITIES; INDOOR CONDITIONS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; MEDICAL PERSONNELS; OCCUPATIONAL SURVEY; PROPER DESIGNS; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK-RELATED; WORKING CONDITIONS;

OPERATING ROOMS;

EID: 62949222639     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.11.023     Document Type: Article

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