Sensory and chemical evaluation of odorous emissions from building products with and without linseed oil

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4059-4067

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

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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

Author keywords

Building products; Emission; Indoor chemistry; Linseed oil; Odour; Perceived air quality

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS EMISSIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODORS; OXIDATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDOOR CHEMISTRY; LINSEED OIL; ODOROUS EMISSIONS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS EMISSIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODORS; OXIDATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; EMISSION; INDOOR AIR;

EID: 33947589877     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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