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Trend Investigation of Thermal Comfort in Different Climates of Iran in Past Decades

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|Mar 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2022-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
Language: English
Page range: 155 - 165
Published on: Mar 24, 2022
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year

© 2022 Mehdi Asghari, Gholamabbas Fallah Ghalhari, Gholamheidar Teimori-Boghsani, Somayeh Farhang Dehghan, Hamidreza Heidari, published by Riga Technical University
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