Sensing of volatile organic compounds in indoor atmosphere and confined areas of industrial environments

Global Nest Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-225

  Silva, L I B ^a,b   Rocha Santos, T A P ^b   Duarte, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air monitoring; Gas sensor; Optical fibre sensor; VOCs sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953657870     PISSN: 17907632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30955/gnj.000526     Document Type: Article

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