High carbon dioxide concentrations in the classroom: The need for research on the effects of children's exposure to poor indoor air quality at school

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 799-

  Miller, Janice ^a   Semple, Sean ^a,b   Turner, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LETTER; MOULD; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; SCHOOLS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 78149381859     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.057471     Document Type: Letter

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