Long-term impact of formaldehyde and VOC emissions from wood-based products on indoor environments; And issues with recycled products

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-149

  Yu, Chuck W F ^a   Kim, Jeong Tai ^b  

^a International Society of the Built Environment   (United Kingdom)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contaminated wood; Exposure risk; Formaldehyde; Indoor air quality; Long term indoor concentration; VOC Emissions; Wood based panels

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIOXOLANE; 2 BUTANONE; 2 ETHYLHEXANOL; 3 CARENE; ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BETA PINENE; CAMPHENE; DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FORMALDEHYDE; HEXANAL; LIMONENE; MYRCENE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PINENE; PROPIONALDEHYDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BATH; BUILDING MATERIAL; COUGHING; FURNITURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KITCHEN; MOISTURE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SNEEZING; TEMPERATURE; WOOD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84859055176     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X11424330     Document Type: Article

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