Used filters and indoor air quality

ASHRAE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 64-72

  Bekö, Gabriel ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; FOG; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; VENTILATION;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; FILTRATION TECHNIQUES; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; LOWER PRESSURES; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

AIR FILTERS;

EID: 63449085222     PISSN: 00012491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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