Ventilation as mitigation of PCB contaminated air in buildings: Review of nine cases in Denmark

Indoor Air 2014 - 13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 381-388

  Lyng, Nadja L ^a   Trap, Niels ^b   Andersen, Helle V ^a   Gunnarsen, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Golder Associates A S Copenhagen Office   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exposure; Mitigation; PCB; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEALANTS;

EXPOSURE; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; MEAN REDUCTIONS; MITIGATION; PCB CONCENTRATION; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; PRIMARY SOURCES;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84924657528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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