Identification and transport investigation of microbial volatile organic compounds in full-scale stud cavities

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1691-1698

  Hachem, Caroline ^a   Fazio, Paul ^a   Rao, Jiwu ^a   Bartlett, Karen ^b   Chaubey, Yogendra P ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Microbial volatile organic compound (MVOC); Mold; Multiple regression analysis; SPME sampling; Stud wall

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL ANALYSIS; MOLDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR BUILDINGS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STUDS (FASTENERS); STUDS (STRUCTURAL MEMBERS); VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

AIR LEAKAGES; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BUILDING ENVELOPES; CONSTRUCTION FACTORS; DRY AND WET CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS; EXPERIMENTAL FACTORS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRIES; INDOOR SPACES; MICROBIAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (MVOC); MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPME SAMPLING; STUD WALL; TESTING PROCEDURES; VAPOR BARRIERS; WALL CAVITIES; WALL CONSTRUCTIONS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 61849181006     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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