A health performance evaluation model of apartment building indoor air quality

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-35

  Qi, Zheng ^a   Lee, Donghoon ^a   Lee, Sungho ^a   Jeong, Tai Kim ^a   Kim, Sunkuk ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apartment buildings; Fuzzy Delphi analytic hierarchy process; Health performance evaluation model; Human perception; Indoor air quality; Weber Fechner law

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; BUILDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952952892     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X10393719     Document Type: Conference Paper

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