Indoor ultrafine particles of outdoor origin: Importance of window opening area and fan operation condition

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1922-1929

  Rim, Donghyun ^a   Wallace, Lance A ^a   Persily, Andrew K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; AIR CHANGE RATES; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; FULL SCALE TESTS; FURNACE FILTERS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INFILTRATION FACTOR; INHALATION EXPOSURE; OPERATION CONDITIONS; OPERATION MODE; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PARTICLE PENETRATION; PENETRATION COEFFICIENT; SIZE-DEPENDENT EFFECT; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; WINDOW OPENINGS;

PARTICLE SIZE;

BUILDINGS;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; MORTALITY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SIZE EFFECT; VENTILATION;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; QUALITY CONTROL; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; VENTILATION;

EID: 84874050067     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303613e     Document Type: Article

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