Indoor and outdoor relationships of respirable suspended particulate matter at primary schools in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 423-431

  Sofian, Nur Zafirah Mohd ^a   Ismail, Marzuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbon monoxide; Indoor air quality (IAQ); Kuala Terengganu; Respirable suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALAYSIA; PARAMETERS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84861795301     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X11420180     Document Type: Article

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