Contribution of solid fuel, gas combustion, or tobacco smoke to indoor air pollutant concentrations in Irish and Scottish homes

Indoor Air

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 212-223

  Semple, S ^a,b   Garden, C ^a   Coggins, M ^c   Galea, K S ^b   Whelan, P ^c   Cowie, H ^b   Sanchez Jimenez A ^b   Thorne, P S ^d   Hurley, J F ^b   Ayres, J G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Environmental tobacco smoke; Health; Homes; Indoor; Pollution; Solid fuel

Indexed keywords

AIR NAVIGATION; AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PEAT; SMOKE; TOBACCO;

ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKES; FUEL-GAS COMBUSTION; GAS COOKERS; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HOME; INDOOR; PM 2.5; SOLID FUELS; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES; TOBACCO SMOKE;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84860227792     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2011.00755.x     Document Type: Article

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