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Sources of indoor air pollution at a New Zealand urban primary school: A case study

1 March 2019

Julie Bennett, Perry Davy, Bill Trompetter, Yu Wang, Nevil Pierse, Mikael Boulic, Robyn Phipps, Philippa Howden-Chapman
Atmospheric Pollution Research, 10, 435-444. doi: 10.1016/j.apr.2018.09.006

Children are particularly vulnerable to the health effects of air pollution and as they spend a large proportion of time at school, this is an important environment for children’s exposure to air pollution. Understanding the factors that influence indoor air quality in schools is critical for the assessment and control of indoor air pollution.