Indoor productivity measured by common response patterns to physical and psychosocial stimuli

Indoor Air

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 328-340

  Wiik, R ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Indoor productivity index (IPI); Marker object projection (MOP); Physical and psychosocial impact; Quantification of indoor productivity; Response dimensions; Saturation deficit

Indexed keywords

INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; MARKER OBJECT PROJECTION; ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOMES; PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPACT; PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; QUANTIFICATION OF INDOOR PRODUCTIVITY; RESPONSE DIMENSION; RESPONSE PATTERNS; SATURATION DEFICIT;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960134778     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2011.00708.x     Document Type: Article

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