Seasonal cycle of VOCs in apartments

Indoor Air

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-291

  Rehwagen, M ^a   Schlink, U ^a   Herbarth, O ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indoor air; Seasonal variation; VOC

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; TERPENES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH OUTCOMES; INDOOR AIR; LEIPZIG; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

APARTMENT HOUSES;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CYCLOALKANE DERIVATIVE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0141872071     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0668.2003.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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