Protection of office workers from exposure to respiratory diseases by a novel ventilation system

12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1574-1579

  Cao, Guangyu ^a   Heikkinen, Jorma ^a   Järnström, Helena ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Healthy; Infection; Novel ventilation; Productivity

Indexed keywords

HEALTHY; INFECTION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; OPEN-PLAN OFFICES; PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS; PERSONALIZED VENTILATION; VENTILATION SYSTEMS; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRODUCTIVITY; PULMONARY DISEASES; VENTILATION;

OFFICE BUILDINGS;

EID: 84880528695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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