Formaldehyde measurements in residential indoor air using a developed sensor element in the Kanto area of Japan

Indoor Air

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 486-493

  Maruo, Y ^a   Yamada, T ^a   Nakamura, J ^a   Izumi, K ^b   Uchiyama, M ^c  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colori metric sensor; Formaldehyde; Furniture; Indoor pollutants; Temperature; diketone

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KETONES;

ACTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; COLORI-METRIC SENSOR; FORMALDEHYDE CONCENTRATIONS; FORMALDEHYDE MEASUREMENTS; FURNITURE; INDOOR POLLUTANTS; KANTO AREAS; METRIC SENSORS; SENSOR ELEMENTS; Β-DIKETONES;

FORMALDEHYDE;

EID: 78349291493     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2010.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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