Indoor environmental comfort in Malaysian urban housing

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 431-438

  Lim, Yaik Wah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Daylighting; Health; Natural ventilation; Thermal comfort; Tropical; Visual comfort

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; HEALTH CARE; LINEAR PROGRAMING; URBAN HOUSING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84892403875     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2013.431.438     Document Type: Article

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