Characteristics of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from building materials to improve indoor air quality: Focused on natural VOCs

Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 737-746

  Son, Youn Suk ^a,b   Lim, Bo A ^b   Park, Hyun Ju ^b   Kim, Jo Chun ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Building material; Indoor air quality; NVOC; TVOC; Pinene

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; EMISSION INVENTORY; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WOOD;

EID: 84890534649     PISSN: 18739318     EISSN: 18739326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11869-013-0207-x     Document Type: Article

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