Seasonal variation of total particulate matter and children respiratory diseases at Lisbon primary schools using passive methods

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 170-183

  Canha, Nuno ^a   Almeida, Marina ^b   Do Carmo Freitas, Maria ^a   Almeida, Susana Marta ^a   Wolterbeek, H Th ^c  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Indoor environments; Particulate matter; Passive samplers; Primary schools; Rhinitis; Total particulate matter

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DISEASES; EDUCATION; PASSIVE FILTERS; POLYCARBONATES; PULMONARY DISEASES; QUARTZ; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

ASTHMA; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; PRIMARY SCHOOLS; RHINITIS; TOTAL PARTICULATE MATTER;

TEACHING;

EID: 79955429182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.03.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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