Determination of microbial volatile organic compounds adsorbed on house dust particles and gypsum board using SPME/GC-MS

Indoor Air, Supplement

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 27-32

  Wady, L ^a   Larsson, L ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dust; Exposure; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Gypsum Board; Molds; Solid phase microextraction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; AMBIENT AIR; ASPERGILLUS; CHAETOMIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSE DUST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOULD; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

ASPERGILLUS VERSICOLOR; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM;

EID: 20444369963     PISSN: 09085920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2005.00293.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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