Emission of VOCs and SVOCs from Electronic Devices and Office Equipment

Organic Indoor Air Pollutants: Occurrence, Measurement, Evaluation: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 405-430

  Schripp, Tobias ^a   Wensing, Michael ^a  

^a Wilhelm Klauditz Institut (WKI)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air Pollutants; Electronic Devices; Emission Studies; Indoor Air; Office Equipment; VOCs and SVOCs

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849092417     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527628889.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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