Measurement of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in new residential buildings and VOCs behavior over time

Journal of UOEH

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-27

  Yamaguchi, Takafumi ^a   Nakajima, Daisuke ^b   Ezoe, Yuka ^b   Fujimaki, Hidekazu ^b   Shimada, Yoshitaka ^a   Kozawa, Kunihisa ^a   Arashidani, Keiichi ^c   Goto, Sumio ^b  

^a GUNMA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indoor air; Passive sampler; Recently constructed building; VOCs

Indexed keywords

1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 2 BUTANONE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; HEXANE; LIMONENE; PINENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CLOTHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; WINTER; WOOD;

EID: 33645719075     PISSN: 0387821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7888/juoeh.28.13     Document Type: Article

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