DMAPS, A Database of Micro-Environmental Air Pollution Sources
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- February 28, 2019
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Reaves, James C.
- Affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
- Abstract
- In order for any database of indoor air pollution source data to be most useful, it was decided that it should meet several goals: 1) It should be useful to users with a wide range of interests, including researchers, architects, policy makers, manufacturers, builders, designers, and modelers. 2) It should be as widely accessible as possible. This has been a major consideration in determining the best combination of relational database management system and computer hardware to accomplish this goal. 3) It must be able to satisfy a broad range of needs. For example, some users may be interested only in bibliographic information, whereas others may wish to use the retrieved data to analyze specific indoor air pollution problems. 4) The system must be "user friendly"; i.e., uncomplicated and undaunting to operate. This allows the data to be accessible to persons whose training is in areas other than in the use of computers. 5) Since it is anticipated that the amount of emission rate data will grow rapidly in the near future, the database must be easy to update and modify. Easy data entry also helps to minimize entry errors, another important consideration. With these design goals in mind, a database containing source specific data from research articles has been compiled, along with controlling computer programs which will allow for quick and easy access to this indoor air pollution data. This database system has been titled dMAPS, the database of Micro-environmental Air Pollution Sources. The remainder of this paper describes dMAPS' function, design, and methods.
- Date of publication
- May 1988
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- Advisor
- Shiffman, Morris A.
- Reist, Parker C.
- Fraser, David A.
- Degree
- Master of Science in Public Health
- Academic concentration
- Industrial Hygiene
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduation year
- 1988
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- 4229e0fb-b010-4ede-aa50-9d4a2f0726fb
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