Elevated corrosion rates and hydrogen sulfide in homes with 'Chinese Drywall'

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 426, Issue , 2012, Pages 113-119

  Allen, Joseph G ^a,b   MacIntosh, David L ^a,b   Saltzman, Lori E ^c   Baker, Brian J ^a   Matheson, Joanna M ^c   Recht, Joel R ^c   Minegishi, Taeko ^a   Fragala, Matt A ^a   Myatt, Theodore A ^a   Spengler, John D ^a,b   Stewart, James H ^a,b   McCarthy, John F ^a  

^a Environmental Health & Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c US Consumer Product Safety Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

'Chinese drywall'; Corrosion; Hydrogen sulfide

Indexed keywords

'CHINESE DRYWALL'; ACCELERATED CORROSION; BUILDING VENTILATIONS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION; COPPER SULFIDES; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; ENGINEERING EVALUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEALTH CONCERNS; INDOOR AIR; OUTDOOR AIR; SILVER CORROSION; SILVER SULFIDES; SULFIDE CONCENTRATION;

AIR QUALITY; COPPER; CORROSION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SILVER COMPOUNDS; STRONTIUM; SULFUR DETERMINATION;

CORROSION RATE;

CARBONIC ACID; COPPER; COPPER SULFIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SILVER; SILVER SULFIDE; STRONTIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; CORROSION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INDOOR AIR; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; DRYWALL; DRYWALL COMPOSITION; HOME; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CORROSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860666558     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.067     Document Type: Article

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