Indoor environmental quality in school buildings, and the health and wellbeing of students

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 217, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 733-739

  Turunen, Mari ^a   Toyinbo, Oluyemi ^a   Putus, Tuula ^b   Nevalainen, Aino ^a   Shaughnessy, Richard ^c   Haverinen Shaughnessy, Ulla ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; IAQ; IEQ; Indoor air; Questionnaire; Schools; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ANALYSIS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VENTILATION;

EID: 84926118744     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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