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 n.— «One olf is the emission rate of air pollutants from a standard person, i.e. from an average adult working in an office or similar non-industrial workplace, sedentary and in thermal comfort with a hygienic standard equivalent to 0.7 bath per day.» —“Air Quality” by Aijaz Ahmad in Sultan Saiful Rijal Technical College Ministry of Development (Brunei Darussalam) , 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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