Endotoxins in indoor air and settled dust in primary schools in a subtropical climate

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 9882-9890

  Salonen, Heidi ^a,b   Duchaine, Caroline ^c,d   Létourneau, Valérie ^d   Mazaheri, Mandana ^a   Clifford, Sam ^a,e   Morawska, Lidia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Ctr Health Equity Res/Train/Eval   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE ENDOTOXIN; BAYESIAN HIERARCHICAL MODEL; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; PRIMARY SCHOOLS; REFERENCE VALUES; RELIABLE METHODS; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

AIR QUALITY; FLOORS;

DUST;

ENDOTOXIN;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOXIN;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BAYES THEOREM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMIDITY; QUEENSLAND; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84883545643     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4023706     Document Type: Article

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