A ventilation intervention study in classrooms to improve indoor air quality: The FRESH study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rosbach, Jeannette Tm ^a,b   Vonk, Machiel ^b   Duijm, Frans ^b   Van Ginkel, Jan T ^c   Gehring, Ulrike ^a   Brunekreef, Bert ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Service   (Netherlands)

^c Local Health Services (GGD) Region IJsselland   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Indoor air quality; Intervention; Schools; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LUNG VENTILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HYGIENE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; SEASON;

NETHERLANDS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NETHERLANDS; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; VENTILATION;

EID: 84892721254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-110     Document Type: Article

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