Residential air exchange rates in three major US metropolitan areas: Results from the Relationship among Indoor, Outdoor, and Personal Air Study 1999-2001

Indoor Air

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-90

  Yamamoto, N ^a,b   Shendell, D G ^c   Winer, A M ^d   Zhang, J ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air changes per hour; Air exchange rate; Perfluoro methyl cyclohexane; Perfluorocarbon tracer gas; Urban residences; Ventilation rates

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR CONDITIONING; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FINANCE; HISTORIC PRESERVATION; HOUSING;

AIR CHANGES PER HOURS; AIR EXCHANGE RATES; CALIFORNIA; METHYL CYCLOHEXANE; NEW JERSEY; PERFLUORO-METHYL-CYCLOHEXANE; PERFLUOROCARBON TRACER GAS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN RESIDENCE; VENTILATION RATE;

VENTILATION;

EID: 74049121293     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2009.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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