Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC) in indoor air quality investigations

Indoor Air

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 225-240

  Molhave L ^a   Clausen, G ^b   Berglund, B ^c   De Ceaurriz, J ^d   Kettrup, A ^e   Lindvall, T ^f   Maroni, M ^g   Pickering, A C ^h   Risse, U ^e   Rothweiler, H ⁱ   Seifert, B ^j   Younes, M ^k  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g Centro Internazionale per la Sicurezza degli Antiparassitari   (Italy)

^h WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Stadt Kloten   (Switzerland)

^j Institut fur Wasser Boden und Lufthygiene Berlin   (Germany)

^k WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Health effects; Sampling and analysis; Sensory effects; TVOC; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SENSORY ANALYSIS;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EFFECTS; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR POLLUTION; MEASUREMENTS OF; SAMPLING AND ANALYSE; SENSORY EFFECT; TARGET COMPOUND; TOTAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0001441939     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.1997.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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