Source apportionment of volatile organic compounds in Hong Kong homes

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2280-2286

  Guo, H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; PCA APCS; Source apportionment; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVE; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; EMISSION SOURCES; HONG-KONG; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR SOURCES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; OFFGASSING; PCA/APCS; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE STRENGTH; STANDARD ERRORS; VOC EMISSIONS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EMISSION; INDOOR AIR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION; EQUIPMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; VOC; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 79959969857     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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