Indoor air quality in Brazilian universities

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 7081-7093

  Jurado, Sonia R ^a   Bankoff, Antônia D P ^a   Sanchez, Andrea ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biocontaminants; Classroom air quality; Student performance; Universities

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DUST;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; VENTILATION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMIDITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; ROOM TEMPERATURE; UNIVERSITY; ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGUS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

BRAZIL;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BRAZIL; CARBON MONOXIDE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE; UNIVERSITIES; VENTILATION; WIND;

EID: 84904302988     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110707081     Document Type: Article

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