A case study on identification of airborne organic compounds and time courses of their concentrations in the cabin of a new car for private use

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-79

  Yoshida, Toshiaki ^a   Matsunaga, Ichiro ^a  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indoor air pollution; Interior humidity; Interior temperature; Multiple linear regression analysis; Number of lapsed days

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; EXHAUST GASES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INTERIOR HUMIDITY; INTERIOR TEMPERATURE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NUMBER OF LAPSED DAYS;

PASSENGER CARS;

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BUTYRONITRILE; DECANE; DODECANE; ETHYLBENZENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

INDOOR AIR;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CAR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EID: 29044450952     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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