Volatile organic compound concentrations, emission rates, and source apportionment in newly-built apartments at pre-occupancy stage

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 569-578

  Shin, Seung H ^a   Jo, Wan K ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Building materials; Emission characterization; New apartments; Pre occupancy; Source contribution

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; AIR QUALITY; APARTMENT HOUSES; BENZENE; BUILDING MATERIALS; FLOORS; FORMALDEHYDE; HEPTANE; HEXANE; KETONES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SURVEYS; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; EMISSION CHARACTERIZATION; INDOOR AND OUTDOOR AIRS; MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTS; NEW APARTMENTS; OUTDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; PRE-OCCUPANCY; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

2 BUTANONE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC AMIDE; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEPTANE; HEXANE; KETONE; PROPANOL; TERPENE; TOLUENE; VINYL DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; FLOOR; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; BUILDING MATERIAL; HOME; KOREA; WOOD;

KOREA;

EID: 84864527208     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.05.054     Document Type: Article

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