Diffusive sampling of 25 volatile organic compounds in indoor air: Uptake rate determination and application in Flemish homes for the elderly

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 5828-5836

  Walgraeve, C ^a   Demeestere, K ^a   Dewulf, J ^a   Van Huffel, K ^a   Van Langenhove, H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flanders; Homes for the elderly; Indoor air; Passive sampling; Uptake rates; VOCs

Indexed keywords

FLANDERS; HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY; INDOOR AIR; PASSIVE SAMPLING; UPTAKE RATE; VOCS;

AIR QUALITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; 1,2,4 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BENZALDEHYDE; BENZENE; CYCLOHEXANE; DECANE; DODECANE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEPTANE; HEXANAL; HEXANE; LIMONENE; META XYLENE; METHYLCYCLOPENTANE; NONANE; OCTANE; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; PHENOL; PINENE; PROPYLBENZENE; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDOOR AIR; POLYMER; RESIN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; GEOMETRY; HOME FOR THE AGED; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 80052309251     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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