Screening-level estimates of indoor exposure to volatile organic compounds emitted from building materials

Building and Environment

Volumn 75, Issue , 2014, Pages 58-66

  Ye, Wei ^a,b   Little, John C ^a   Won, Doyun ^c   Zhang, Xu ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chamber test; Characteristic emission rate; Diffusion coefficient; VOC

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHAMBER TESTS; CHARACTERISTIC EMISSION; DIMENSIONLESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INHALATION EXPOSURE TO VOCS; MASS TRANSFER MODELING; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC);

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; DIFFUSION; EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; INDOOR AIR; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 84894049520     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.01.018     Document Type: Article

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