Air change rate and concentration of formaldehyde in residential indoor air

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2424-2428

  Gilbert, Nicolas L ^a   Guay, Mireille ^a   Gauvin, Denis ^b   Dietz, Russell N ^c   Chan, Cecilia C ^d   Lévesque, Benoît ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CASSEN Testing Laboratories   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air change rate; Formaldehyde; Indoor air quality; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENTS; FORMALDEHYDE; VENTILATION;

AIR CHANGE RATE; ELECTRICAL BASEBOARD HEATERS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY;

FORMALDEHYDE;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; VENTILATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WINTER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 40049087303     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.12.017     Document Type: Article

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