Seasonal Variation in Schools’ Indoor Air Environments and Health Symptoms among Students in an Eastern Mediterranean Climate

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 184-204

  Elbayoumi, Maher ^a   Ramli, Nor Azam ^a   Yusof, Noor Faizah Fitri Md ^a   Madhoun, Wesam Al ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA   (Palestine)

Author keywords

children; factor analysis; health symptom; PM10; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926212465     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2014.894444     Document Type: Article

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