VOC emissions from a LIFE reference: Small chamber tests and factorial studies

Building and Environment

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 282-289

  Wei, Wenjuan ^a,b   Greer, Sylvester ^b   Howard Reed, Cynthia ^b   Persily, Andrew ^b   Zhang, Yinping ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chamber; Furniture; Indoor air quality (IAQ); Reference material; VOC emission

Indexed keywords

CHAMBER; FURNITURE; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; REFERENCE MATERIAL; VOC EMISSIONS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; INDOOR AIR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84862558142     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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