Characteristics of potted plants for removing offensive odors

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 131-136

  Oyabu, Takashi ^a   Sawada, Ayako ^b   Onodera, Takeshi ^c   Takenaka, Kozaburo ^d   Wolverton, Bill ^e  

^a KANAZAWA SEIRYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Takenaka Gdn Afforestation Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Air pollution; Foliage plant; Indoor environment; Offensive odor

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AMMONIA; CHEMICAL SENSORS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

POTTED PLANTS;

ODOR REMOVAL;

EID: 0037366305     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(02)00454-9     Document Type: Article

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