Evaluation of building materials individually and in combination using odour threshold

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 583-593

  Yeganeh, Behnoush ^a   Haghighat, Fariborz ^a   Gunnarsen, Lars ^b   Afshari, Alireza ^b   Knudsen, Henrik ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Building materials; Decipol; Exposure response; IAQ; Olf; Perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING;

EID: 33750931006     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X06072735     Document Type: Article

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