The impact of emissions from structures on indoor air concentrations in newly finished buildings - Predicted and on-site measured levels

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-323

  Jarnstrom H ^a,b   Saarela, K ^a   Kalliokoski, P ^b   Pasanen, A L ^c  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Emissions; Formaldehyde; Indoor air; New buildings; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FORMALDEHYDE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EXHAUST GAS; FOLLOW UP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 48249113348     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X08093948     Document Type: Article

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