Daily indoor-to-outdoor temperature and humidity relationships: a sample across seasons and diverse climatic regions

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 221-229

  Nguyen, Jennifer L ^a   Dockery, Douglas W ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Humidity; Indoor; Outdoor; Temperature; Weather

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CITY; CLIMATE; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMIDITY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

AIR CONDITIONING; CITIES; CLIMATE; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMIDITY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84957840879     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-015-1019-5     Document Type: Article

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