Emissions from thermal insulations - Part 2: Evaluation of emissions from organic and inorganic insulations

Building and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 803-814

  Koivula, Minna ^a   Kymäläinen, Hanna Riitta ^a   Virta, Jari ^b   Hakkarainen, Hannu ^b   Hussein, Tareq ^a   Komulainen, Jarno ^b   Koponen, Hilkka ^a   Hautala, Mikko ^a   Hämeri, Kaarle ^a,c   Kanerva, Pekka ^b   Pehkonen, Aarne ^a   Sjöberg, Anna Maija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fibre; Flax; Hemp; Microbes; Particle; VOC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BAST FIBERS; FUNGI; IGNITION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TOXICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WOOD;

IGNITION RESIDUE; MICROBIAL CONTENTS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL APPARATUS; RECYCLED WOOD;

THERMAL INSULATION;

EMISSION; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; THERMAL INSULATION;

BACTERIA; FIBER STRUCTURE; FUNGI; IGNITION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; THERMAL INSULATION; TOXICITY; WOOD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; FUNGI; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 20044382609     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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