Diffusive sampling and measurement of microbial volatile organic compounds in indoor air

Indoor Air

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 421-432

  Araki, A ^a   Eitaki, Y ^b   Kawai, T ^b   Kanazawa, A ^a   Takeda, M ^a   Kishi, R ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusive sampling; Field study; Microbial volatile organic compounds; Sampling rate; Water bubbling method

Indexed keywords

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

ACTIVE SAMPLING; BUBBLING METHOD; DIFFUSIVE SAMPLERS; DIFFUSIVE SAMPLING; FIELD STUDIES; INDOOR AIR; MEASUREMENTS OF; MICROBIAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SAMPLING RATES; WATER-BUBBLING METHOD;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; JAPAN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70349223890     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2009.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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