Particulate matter and student exposure in school classrooms in Lublin, Poland

Environmental Research

Volumn 120, Issue , 2013, Pages 134-139

  Polednik, Bernard ^a  

^a LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Classrooms; Didactic experiments; Indoor air; Particle concentration; Student exposure

Indexed keywords

COAL;

COAL; COMBUSTION; EXPERIMENT; INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STUDENT;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; WINTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLAND; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

LUBELSKIE; LUBLIN; POLAND;

EID: 84871691571     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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