Emission of ozone and organic volatiles from a selection of laser printers and photocopiers

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 629-634

  Tuomi, Tapani ^a   Engström, Bernt ^b   Niemelä, Raimo ^b   Svinhufvud, Juha ^a   Reijula, Kari ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde Emission; Indoor Air; Laser Printers; Ozone Emission; Photocopiers; TVOC Emission

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LASER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COMPUTERS; COPYING PROCESSES; HUMANS; LASERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; OZONE; PRINTING; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0033888982     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220050075635     Document Type: Article

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