Measurements of chlorinated volatile organic compounds emitted from office printers and photocopiers

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 5241-5252

  Kowalska, Joanna ^a   Szewczyńska, Małgorzata ^a   Pośniak, Małgorzata ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chlorinated compounds; Copiers; Emission; GC MS; Office printers; Test chamber; Thermal desorption; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRINTING; PROCEDURES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRINTING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84925539736     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3672-3     Document Type: Article

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