Indoor particle levels in small- and medium-sized commercial buildings in california

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 12355-12363

  Wu, Xiangmei ^a   Apte, Michael G ^b   Bennett, Deborah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CALIFORNIA; COARSE PARTICLES; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; GEOMETRIC MEAN; INDOOR PARTICLES; INDOOR SOURCES; INDOOR/OUTDOOR; INFILTRATION FACTOR; OUTDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATION RATIO; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTIONS; SUBMICROMETER PARTICLE; ULTRAFINE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

BLACK CARBON;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; BUILDING; INDOOR AIR; INFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CATERING SERVICE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL FACILITY; ENVIRONMENT; FRACTIONATION; GEOMETRY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMALL AND MEDIUM COMMERCIAL BUILDING; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869409377     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302140h     Document Type: Article

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