A comparison of indoor air pollutants in Japan and Sweden: Formaldehyde, nitrogen dioxide, and chlorinated volatile organic compounds

Environmental Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-85

  Sakai, Kiyoshi ^a   Norbäck, Dan ^b   Mi, Yahong ^b   Shibata, Eiji ^c   Kamijima, Michihiro ^d   Yamada, Tetsuya ^d   Takeuchi, Yasuhiro ^d,e  

^a NAGOYA CITY PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorinated VOC; Formaldehyde; Indoor air pollution; International comparison; Nitrogen dioxide

Indexed keywords

4 DICHLOROBENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CONCRETE; FORMALDEHYDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEATING; HOME; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA; WOOD;

LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0344120306     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00140-3     Document Type: Article

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