The impact of information on perceived air quality - 'Organic' vs. 'synthetic' building materials

Indoor Air

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-134

  Wilkins, K ^a   Wolkoff, P ^a   Knudsen, H N ^b   Clausen, P A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b Research Institute   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Building materials; Effect of information; Emissions; Odor evaluation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ODORS; QUALITY CONTROL;

BUILDINGS MATERIALS; EFFECT OF INFORMATION; EMISSION; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; LINSEED OIL; ODOR EVALUATION; ODOUR INTENSITY; ORGANICS; PERCEIVED AIR QUALITY; SYNTHETIC MATERIALS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 33947584600     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2006.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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