Sampling and Analysis of SVOCs and POMs in Indoor Air

Organic Indoor Air Pollutants: Occurrence, Measurement, Evaluation: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 19-45

  Clausen, Per Axel ^a   Kofoed Sørensen, Vivi ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air Pollutants; Analytic methods; Indoor Air; Measurement; Sampling; SVOCs and POM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862910268     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527628889.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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