Determination of volatile organic compounds in indoor air in the Gdansk area using permeation passive samplers

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 492-504

  Zabiegała, Bozena ^a   Partyka, Monika ^a   Zygmunt, Bogdan ^a   Namieśnik, Jacek ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography; Indoor air quality; Permeation passive samplers; Retention index; Sampling; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 74049164187     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X09336550     Document Type: Article

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