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Indoor carbon dioxide concentrations in Croatian elementary school classrooms during the heating season Cover

Indoor carbon dioxide concentrations in Croatian elementary school classrooms during the heating season

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|Dec 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aiht-2019-70-3343 | Journal eISSN: 1848-6312 | Journal ISSN: 0004-1254
Language: English, Croatian, Slovenian
Page range: 296 - 302
Submitted on: Sep 1, 2019
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Accepted on: Dec 1, 2019
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Published on: Dec 21, 2019
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2019 Dario Brdarić, Krunoslav Capak, Vlatka Gvozdić, Andrea Barišin, Jagoda Doko Jelinić, Andrey Egorov, Matej Šapina, Sanja Kalambura, Karolina Kramarić, published by Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
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