Environmental Test Chambers and Cells

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 101-115

  Salthammer, Tunga ^a  

^a Wilhelm Klauditz Institut (WKI)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air Pollutants; Emission rates; Emission Test Chambers and Cells; Indoor Air; Measurement; Sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149142766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527628889.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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