Impact of bedding arrangements, pillows, and blankets on particle resuspension in the sleep microenvironment

Building and Environment

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-68

  Spilak, Michal P ^a   Boor, Brandon E ^b   Novoselac, Atila ^b   Corsi, Richard L ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedding arrangements; Dust particles; Intake fraction; Resuspension rate; Sleep microenvironment

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BEDDING ARRANGEMENTS; DUST PARTICLE; INTAKE FRACTION; MICROENVIRONMENTS; RESUSPENSION RATES;

SLEEP RESEARCH;

DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; HEALTH RISK; RESUSPENSION; SLEEP;

EID: 84903852902     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.06.010     Document Type: Article

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