A combined transient hygrothermal and population model of house dust mites in beds

IAQ Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages

  Pretlove, S E C ^a   Ridley, I ^b   Horwood, J A ^c   Leung, B ^e   Cox, P ^d   Thomson, D ^d   Baker, N ^c   Crowther, D ^c   Oreszczyn, T ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Medical Entomology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED MODEL; DUST MITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HOUSE DUST; HYGROTHERMAL; MICROENVIRONMENTS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODEL;

BACTERIA; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DUST;

EID: 84874135642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21664870     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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