Ventilation rates in the bedrooms of 500 Danish children

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2289-2295

  Bekö, Gabriel ^a   Lund, Toste ^a   Nors, Fredrik ^a   Toftum, Jørn ^a   Clausen, Geo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Children; Homes; Ventilation rate

Indexed keywords

AIR CHANGE RATES; AIR CHANGES PER HOURS; CALCULATION METHODS; CALCULATION PROCEDURE; CHILDREN; CHILDREN'S HEALTH; CONCENTRATION OF; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTOR; GEOMETRIC MEAN; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INPUT VARIABLES; MASS BALANCE; OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE ERRORS; VENTILATION MODEL; VENTILATION RATE;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH RISKS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

VENTILATION;

ASTHMA; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INDOOR AIR; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATION;

EID: 77953541402     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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