Mitigation of building-related polychlorinated biphenyls in indoor air of a school

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  MacIntosh, David L ^a   Minegishi, Taeko ^a   Fragala, Matthew A ^a   Allen, Joseph G ^a   Coghlan, Kevin M ^a   Stewart, James H ^a   McCarthy, John F ^a  

^a Environmental Health & Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Abatement; Flux; Remediation; Risk management

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ABATEMENT COST; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; ENCAPSULATION; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; MITIGATION; PCB; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RECONSTRUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VENTILATION; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT ENCAPSULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; POLLUTANT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VENTILATION; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 84861124980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-24     Document Type: Article

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