Modelling inhalation exposure to combustion-related air pollutants in residential buildings: Application to health impact assessment

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 268-279

  Milner, James ^a   Vardoulakis, Sotiris ^a   Chalabi, Zaid ^a   Wilkinson, Paul ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Exposure; Exposure modelling; Health impact assessment; Indoor air quality; Microenvironment

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEALTH; HOUSING; POLLUTION;

EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE MODELLING; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; MICROENVIRONMENTS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTANT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INHALATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 78349307270     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.08.015     Document Type: Review

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