Indoor perchloroethylene accumulation from dry cleaned clothing on residential premises

Building and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-328

  Chao, Christopher Y H ^b   Tung, Thomas C W ^b   Niu, J L ^b   Pang, S W ^a   Lee, Raymond Y M ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CLEAN ROOMS; ETHYLENE; FABRICS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MEASUREMENTS;

PERCHLOROETHYLENE;

DRY CLEANING;

EID: 0033133626     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-1323(98)00014-6     Document Type: Article

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