Household air pollution from wood burning in two reconstructed houses from the Danish Viking Age

Indoor Air

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 329-340

  Christensen, J M ^a,c   Ryhl Svendsen, M ^b,d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b National Museum of Denmark   (Denmark)

^c Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ^*  (Denmark)

^d Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole   (Denmark)

Author keywords

PM 2.5; Carbon monoxide; Experimental archeology; Personal exposure; Viking Age house; Woodsmoke

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; FIRES;

CARBON MONOXIDE SENSOR; EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGIES; LIVING CONDITIONS; MASS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; PM 2.5; VIKING AGE HOUSE; WOOD BURNING; WOODSMOKE;

HOUSES;

CARBON MONOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; COOKING; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FIRE; HEATING; HISTORY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SMOKE; WOOD;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOMASS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COOKING; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; HEATING; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HOUSING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SMOKE; WOOD;

EID: 84928269448     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12147     Document Type: Article

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