Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Levels and phase distributions in preschool microenvironment

Indoor Air

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 557-568

  Oliveira, M ^a   Slezakova, K ^a,b   Delerue Matos, C ^a   Pereira, M C ^b   Morais, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Children; Indoor air; Indoor outdoor; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Preschools

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION;

CHILD; HYDROCARBON EMISSION; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR/OUTDOOR; LEVEL DISTRIBUTION; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PARTICULATES; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANALYSIS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NURSERY SCHOOL; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SCHOOLS, NURSERY;

EID: 84941903494     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12164     Document Type: Article

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