Spatial variability of indoor air pollutants in schools. A multilevel approach

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 558-561

  Banerjee, Soutrik ^a,b   Annesi Maesano, Isabella ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Indoor air pollutants; Intra class correlation; Variance components

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; DEGREE OF SIMILARITY; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; HEALTH EFFECTS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS; MULTILEVEL APPROACH; MULTILEVEL MODEL; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VARIANCE COMPONENTS;

ACETALDEHYDE; FORMALDEHYDE; HERBICIDES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACROLEIN; FORMALDEHYDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CORRELATION; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL VARIATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDOOR AIR POLLUTANT; MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL;

FRANCE;

EID: 84865481478     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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