Comparative study on indoor air quality in Japan and China: Characteristics of residential indoor and outdoor VOCs

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 40, 2009, Pages 6352-6359

  Ohura, Takeshi ^a   Amagai, Takashi ^a   Shen, Xueyou ^b   Li, Shuang ^b   Zhang, Ping ^b   Zhu, Lizhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Emission sources; Indoor air quality; Source apportionment; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BENZENE; DISEASES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CANCER RISK; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; EMISSION SOURCES; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR MICROENVIRONMENTS; OUTDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; POLLUTANT SOURCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; JAPAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 70749120120     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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