Reducing formaldehyde exposure in office environments using plants

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 302-308

  Dingle, P ^a   Tapsell, P ^a   Hu, S ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT; POLLUTION CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANTS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033952644     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289910044     Document Type: Article

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