Indoor and outdoor PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations in the air during a dust storm

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 610-614

  Kuo, Hsien Wen ^a,b   Shen, Huna Yi ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dust storm; Indoor; Outdoor; PM10; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

DUST STORM; INDOOR; OUTDOOR; PM10; PM2.5;

ARID REGIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TALL BUILDINGS; VENTILATION;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; DUST STORM; INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; VENTILATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 70449123804     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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