Impact of regulation on indoor volatile organic compounds in new unoccupied apartment in Korea

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1994-2000

  Lim, Soogil ^a   Lee, Kiyoung ^a   Seo, Sooyun ^a,b   Jang, Seongki ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Indoor air quality (IAQ); New apartments; Regulation; VOCs

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; FLOORING MATERIALS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR AIR QUALITY (IAQ); NEW APARTMENTS; REGULATION; VOCS;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; APARTMENT HOUSES; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; QUALITY CONTROL; STYRENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; ADHESIVE AGENT; BENZALDEHYDE; BETA PINENE; BUTANOL; BUTYRALDEHYDE; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; PAINT; PINENE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNOCCUPIED APARTMENT;

KOREA;

EID: 79952252294     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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