Investigation of indoor and outdoor air quality of the classrooms at a school in Serbia

Energy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-48

  Jovanović, Marina ^a   Vučićević, Biljana ^a   Turanjanin, Valentina ^a   Živković, Marija ^a   Spasojević, Vuk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Classroom air quality; Key indoor air pollutants; School

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; FORMALDEHYDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TEACHING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTANTS; INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIRS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION CONCENTRATION; RESPIRABLE PARTICULATE MATTERS; SCHOOL;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INDOOR AIR; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING;

SERBIA;

EID: 84910006982     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.03.080     Document Type: Article

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