Evaluating the risk of mixtures in the indoor air of primary school classrooms

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 15080-15088

  Mishra, Nitika ^a   Ayoko, Godwin A ^a   Salthammer, Tunga ^b   Morawska, Lidia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Wilhelm Klauditz Institut (WKI)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hazard index; Indoor air mixtures; Low concern group; Maximum cumulative ratio; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; INDEX METHOD; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; STANDARDS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84943197432     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4619-z     Document Type: Article

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