Volatile organic gaseous pollutants in various indoor environments

Air Quality: New Research

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-49

  Potgieter Vermaak, Sanja ^a   Stranger, Marianne ^b,c   Godoi, Ana F L ^d   Jacobs, Werner ^e   Godoi, Ricardo H M ^d   Van Grieken, René ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Hogeschool Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^d POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^e Antwerp Maritine Academy   (Belgium)

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