Measurement and assessment of VOC and formaldehyde contamination during the construction of a new museum in China

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 113 PART 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 355-361

  Liu, Junjie ^b   Zhai, John Z ^b,c   Pei, Jingjing ^a,d   Li, Yanju ^b  

^a ASHRAE ^*

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Colorado   (United States)

^d Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SOCIETY; ANNUAL MEETINGS; BENZENE , TOLUENE , AND XYLENE (BTX); BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; CLEANING AGENTS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; TIANJIN , CHINA; UNDER CONSTRUCTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS); WORKING HOURS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONTAMINATION; FORMALDEHYDE; FULLERENES; HEATING; IMPURITIES; MUSEUMS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PIGMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STABILIZERS (AGENTS); TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 45749094674     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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