The ventilation of multiple-bed hospital wards in the tropics: A review

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1125-1132

  Yau, Y H ^a   Chandrasegaran, D ^a   Badarudin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Engineering control; Hospital wards; Indoor air quality; Numerical method; Tropical climates

Indexed keywords

AIR MOVEMENT; ENGINEERING CONTROLS; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; HEALTHCARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL WARDS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR CONDITIONS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENGINEERING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; TROPICS; VENTILATION;

HOSPITALS;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; BUILDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VENTILATION;

EID: 78651443346     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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