Indoor and outdoor concentrations of Japanese cedar pollens and total suspended particulates: A case study at a kindergarten in Japan

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 792-797

  Yamamoto, Naomichi ^a,b   Nishikawa, Junko ^a   Sakamoto, Miho ^a   Shimizu, Tomomi ^a   Matsuki, Hideaki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Early life exposure; Indoor outdoor (I O) ratio; Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica); Japanese cedar pollinosis (JPC); Total suspended particulates (TSP)

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; EARLY LIFE EXPOSURE; INDOOR/OUTDOOR (I/O) RATIO; JAPANESE CEDAR (CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA); JAPANESE CEDAR POLLINOSIS (JPC); TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (TSP);

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

FORESTRY;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; CHILD HEALTH; INDOOR AIR; POLLEN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; CUPRESSUS;

EID: 70350597518     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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