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Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in an Iranian Educational Hospital Using PMV- PPD Model
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- Biotechnology and Health Sciences: August 2017, 4 (2); e57653
- Published Online: July 13, 2017
- Article Type: Research Article
- Received: September 18, 2016
- Revised: April 8, 2017
- Accepted: April 15, 2017
- DOI: 10.5812/bhs.57653
To Cite: Sajedifar J, Mirzaei R, Teimori G H, Mehri A, Azadbakht F, et al. Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in an Iranian Educational Hospital Using PMV- PPD Model, Biotech Health Sci. 2017 ;4(2):e57653. doi: 10.5812/bhs.57653.
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1. Background
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
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