Potential health risks from exposure to indoor formaldehyde

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 91-98

  Lemus, R ^a   Abdelghani, A A ^a   Akers, T G ^a   Horner, W E ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEATING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BENCHMARKING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORMALDEHYDE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; SEASONS;

EID: 0031813033     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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