The daily and seasonal variability in residential concentrations of aldehydes in two Canadian cities

12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 2254-2259

  Héroux, Marie Eve ^a   Dobbin, Nina A ^a   Gibson, Mark D ^b   Guernsey, Judy R ^b   Kindzierski, Warren ^c   Van Ryswyk, Keith ^a   Wheeler, Amanda J ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field studies; Formaldehyde; Indoor air exposure; Sources; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

EDMONTON , ALBERTA; FIELD STUDIES; HALIFAX , NOVA SCOTIA; HOUSING CHARACTERISTIC; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR CONCENTRATION; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SEASONAL VARIABILITY;

ACETALDEHYDE; AIR; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; FINANCE; FORMALDEHYDE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VENTILATION;

HOUSING;

EID: 84880559824     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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