Is CO2 an indoor pollutant? direct effects of low-to-moderate CO2 concentrations on human decision-making performance

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1671-1677

  Satish, Usha ^a   Mendell, Mark J ^b   Shekhar, Krishnamurthy ^a   Hotchi, Toshifumi ^b   Sullivan, Douglas ^b   Streufert, Siegfried ^a   Fisk, William J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Cognition; Decision making; Human performance; Indoor environ mental quality; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROOM VENTILATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; AIR CONDITIONING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECISION MAKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VENTILATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870447526     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104789     Document Type: Article

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