Qualitative and quantitative analyses of the halogenated volatile organic compounds emitted from the office equipment items

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 920-931

  Kowalska, Joanna ^a   Gierczak, Tomasz ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Halogenated VOCs; Indoor sources; Material emissions; Office equipment; Thermal desorption

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; 1,2,3 TRICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2,4 TRICHLOROBENZENE; 1,3 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,3 DICHLOROPROPANE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 2 CHLOROTOLUENE; 4 CHLOROTOLUENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROETHANE; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHYLBENZENE; HALIDE; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ADSORPTION; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DESORPTION; HEALTH HAZARD; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890542011     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X12458299     Document Type: Article

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