School Policies and Practices That Improve Indoor Air Quality

Journal of School Health

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 280-286

  Everett Jones, Sherry ^a   Smith, Alisa M ^b   Wheeler, Lani S ^b   McManus, Tim ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent health and health policy; Environmental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STANDARD; STATISTICS; ANALYSIS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 77954164901     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2010.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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