Determination of volatile organic compounds emitted from household products. The case of velvet carpets (Moquettes)

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 8 B, 2006, Pages 943-949

  Katsoyiannis, Athanasios ^a   Leva, Paolo ^a   Kotzias, Dimitrios ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

BTEXS; Carpets; Environmental chambers; GC MS; VOCs

Indexed keywords

EMISSION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 33749013042     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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