The effect of ventilation on indoor exposure to semivolatile organic compounds

Indoor Air

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 285-296

  Liu, C ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Benning, J L ^b   Little, J C ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b South Dakota School of Mines and Technology   (United States)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

PM 2.5; Beijing; Natural ventilation; Particles; Residential; Temporal

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION RATES; GASES; HOUSING; MASS TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BEIJING; COMPOUND GAS; INDOOR EXPOSURE; NATURAL VENTILATION; PARTICLE; PM 2.5; RESIDENTIAL; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOURCE-SINK; TEMPORAL;

VENTILATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84928305860     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12139     Document Type: Article

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