Efficacy of a Detector Tube Method in Formaldehyde Measurement

Industrial Health

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 306-312

  Azuma, Michiyo ^a   Endo, Yoko ^b   Miyazaki, Takeji ^c   Hikita, Yoko ^a   Ikeda, Hiroki ^b   Moriya, Yoshihumi ^d   Hara, Ichiro ^b   Araki, Shunichi ^e  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Inst of Pub Hlth Environ Sci   (Japan)

^d PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active DNPH; Detector tube; Formaldehyde; Indoor air

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; MEASUREMENT; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0142209187     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.41.306     Document Type: Article

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