The AIRMEX study - VOC measurements in public buildings and schools/kindergartens in eleven European cities: Statistical analysis of the data

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 3676-3684

  Geiss, Otmar ^a   Giannopoulos, Georgios ^a   Tirendi, Salvatore ^a   Barrero Moreno, Josefa ^a   Larsen, Bo R ^a   Kotzias, Dimitrios ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Database; Geographical variation; Indoor air quality; Seasonal variation; VOCs

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOCS;

ACETONE; AIR QUALITY; ALDEHYDES; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BUILDINGS; OLEFINS; OZONE; PUBLIC WORKS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEACHING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

1 BUTOXY 2 PROPANOL; 1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 2 BUTOXYETHANOL; ACETALDEHYDE; ACETONE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; BUTANOL; DECANE; DODECANE; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEPTANE; HEXANAL; HEXANE; LIMONENE; METHYLCYCLOHEXANE; N UNDECANE; PROPIONALDEHYDE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ADULT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HYDROCARBON; INDOOR AIR; OZONE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEASONALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WORKPLACE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KINDERGARTEN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 79958046933     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.037     Document Type: Article

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