An assessment of indoor environmental quality in schools and its association with health and performance

Building and Environment

Volumn 93, Issue P1, 2015, Pages 35-40

  Haverinen Shaughnessy, Ulla ^a,b   Shaughnessy, Richard J ^a   Cole, Eugene C ^c   Toyinbo, Oluyemi ^b,d   Moschandreas, Demetrios J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleanliness; Elementary schools; Health symptoms; Indoor air quality; Thermal conditions

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; AIR QUALITY; BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEALTH; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NURSING; TEACHING;

BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION; CLEANING EFFECTIVENESS; CLEANLINESS; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; THERMAL CONDITION;

STUDENTS;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH IMPACT; HYGIENE; INDOOR AIR; STUDENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VENTILATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938551447     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.03.006     Document Type: Article

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