Investigation of indoor and outdoor air quality in a university campus during COVID-19 lock down period

Autor: Mansoor Ahmad Bhat, Fatma Nur Eraslan, Alaa Awad, Semra Malkoç, Özlem Özden Üzmez, Tuncay Döğeroğlu, Eftade O. Gaga
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Building and Environment. 219:109176
ISSN: 0360-1323
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109176
Popis: The pandemic of COVID-19 currently shadows the world; the whole earth has been on an unprecedented lockdown. Social distancing among people interrupted domestic and international air traffic, suspended industrial productions and economic activities, and had various far-reaching and undetermined implications on air quality. Improvement in air quality has been reported in many cities during the lockdown. On March 22, 2020, the Turkish government enforced strict lockdown measures to reduce coronavirus disease transmission. This lockdown had a significant impact on the movement of people within the country, which resulted in a major drop in worldwide commercial activities. During this period, university campuses were emptied due to the transition to distance education. In this study, various air pollutants sulfur dioxide (SO
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