A comparison of the characteristics of ISO fine test dust versus real house dust

12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 2511-2512

  Southey, Angela ^a   Fox, Máire ^a   Yeomans, Tim ^a   Mitchell, Bruce ^a  

^a Trinity Enterprise Campus   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ASTM standard; Household dust; ISO Fine Dust; Particle size distribution; Vacuum cleaner

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880540717     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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