Volatile Organic Compounds and Sick Building Syndrome

Environmental Toxicants: Human Exposures and Their Health Effects: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 241-256

  Mølhave, Lars ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dose response relationship for discomfort due to exposure from solvent like volatile organic; Exposure to VOCs in indoor climate and effects on human health and well being; Volatile organic compounds and sick building syndrome (SBS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956899396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470442890.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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