Variability of indoor and outdoor VOC measurements: An analysis using variance components

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 169, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-159

  Jia, Chunrong ^a   Batterman, Stuart A ^b   Relyea, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor air; Nested analysis; Uncertainty; Variance component; Volatile organic compound

Indexed keywords

ERROR MODEL; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR MEASUREMENT; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MICHIGAN; NESTED ANALYSIS; OBSCURE EFFECTS; SOURCES OF VARIATION; TOTAL VARIANCE; UNCERTAINTY; VARIANCE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VARIANCE COMPONENTS;

MEASUREMENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ERROR ANALYSIS; INDOOR AIR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR ANALYSIS; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OUTDOOR AIR; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; MICHIGAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEASONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863796181     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.09.024     Document Type: Article

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