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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Hazard Mater. 2021 Aug 5;422:126832. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126832

Table 1.

Summary of bathroom ventilation conditions considered.

Exhaust fan on; air exchange rate (AER) in the bathroom: 10 h−1
Toilet only Toilet + Sink Toilet only Toilet + Sink Toilet only Toilet + Sink Toilet only Toilet + Sink
Floor gap of bathroom door (Width × Height) 81.28 cm × 0 cm (perfectly sealed door) 81.28 cm × 2.54 cm 81.28 cm × 5 cm 81.28 cm × 2 m (door fully open)
Adjustment factor for ELA (a) 1 0.66 0.5 0.025
Exhaust Fan (QE, %) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Sink (a · Qs, %) 0 11 0 7 0 5 0 0.003
Toilet (a · QT, %) 100 89 66 59 50 45 0.025 0.022
ELA of door ((1 – a) · QD, %) 0 0 34 34 50 50 0.975 0.975
Exhaust fan off; AER in the bathroom: 0.5 h−1
Toilet only Toilet + Sink
Sink (QS, %) 0 11
Toilet (QT, %) 100 89
ELA of door (QD, %) 100 100