Indoor air quality in schools of a highly polluted south Mediterranean area

This study aimed at surveying lower secondary schools in southern Italy, in a highly polluted area. A community close to an industrial area and three villages in rural areas was investigated. Indoor temperature, relative humidity (RH), gaseous pollutants (CO2 and NO2), selected biological pollutants...

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Hauptverfasser: Ruggieri, Silvia, Longo, Valeria, Perrino, Cinzia, Canepari, Silvia, Drago, Gaspare, L’Abbate, Luca, Balzan, Martin, Cuttitta, Giuseppina, Scaccianoce, Gianluca, Minardi, Remo, Viegi, Giovanni, Cibella, Fabio, Bilocca, David, Borg, Charles, Montefort, Stephen, Zammit, Christopher, Bucchieri, Salvatore, Colombo, Paolo, Ferrante, Giuliana, La Grutta, Stefania, Melis, Mario R, Piva, Giuseppe, Ristagno, Rosaria, Rizzo, Gianfranco
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Air pollution
Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis
Air quality
Allergens
Antimony
Biological pollutants
Cadmium
Carbon dioxide
Carbon Monoxide - analysis
Chemical composition
Classrooms
Der p 1
Dust
Dust - analysis
endotoxin
Environmental Monitoring
heavy metals
Humans
Humidity
Indoor air pollution
Indoor air quality
indoor comfort parameters
Indoor environments
Industrial areas
Industrial emissions
Lead
Mediterranean Region
Metals, Heavy - analysis
Nitrogen dioxide
Nitrogen Dioxide - analysis
Outdoor air quality
Particle Size
Particulate matter
Particulate Matter - analysis
PM2.5
Pollutants
Relative humidity
Rural areas
Rural Population
Schools
Sensitizing
Sicily
Surveying
Temperature
Ventilation
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