Indoor-outdoor concentrations of RSPM in classroom of a naturally ventilated school building near an urban traffic roadway

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 6026-6038

  Goyal, Radha ^a   Khare, Mukesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Classroom; Meteorology; Natural ventilation; Occupant's activity; RSPM; Traffic

Indexed keywords

INDOOR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR SOURCES; MASS CONCENTRATION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NATURAL VENTILATION; OUTDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POTENTIAL HEALTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC PARAMETERS; URBAN TRAFFIC; VENTILATION RATE; WIND SPEED;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH HAZARDS; METEOROLOGY; TEACHING; VENTILATION;

SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; ESTIMATION METHOD; METEOROLOGY; MONITORING SYSTEM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PAVEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; VENTILATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; INDIA; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WIND POWER;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 71049120647     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.08.031     Document Type: Article

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