A case of indoor air pollution of ammonia emitted from concrete in a newly built office in Beijing

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 596-600

  Lindgren, Torsten ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ammonia; concrete; Indoor environment; Questionnaire study; Sick building syndrome (SBS); Volatile organic compounds (VOC)

Indexed keywords

INDOOR AIR; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MUCOUS MEMBRANES; OFFICE WORKERS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WORK ENVIRONMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE STUDY; REFERENCE GROUP; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME (SBS); STOCKHOLM; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; TRAFFIC EXHAUSTS; WORK STRESS;

AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCRETE ADDITIVES; EMPLOYMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCRETE; INDOOR AIR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 70350610802     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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