Indoor air quality in selected samples of primary schools in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

EnvironmentAsia

Volumn 3, Issue SPECIAL ISSUE, 2010, Pages 103-108

  Ismail, Marzuki ^a   Zafirah Mohd Sofian, Nur ^a   Abdullah, Ahmad Makmon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide (CO2); Carbon monoxide (CO); Indoor air quality (IAQ); Particulate matter (PM10); Terengganu

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; VENTILATION;

MALAYSIA; TERENGGANU; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 76849111886     PISSN: 19061714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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