Long-term concentrations of volatile organic compounds in a new apartment in Beijing, China

Building and Environment

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 693-701

  Liang, Weihui ^a   Yang, Caiqing ^a   Yang, Xudong ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Indoor air quality; Long term measurement; Seasonal variation; Temperature effect; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING MATERIALS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SPACE HEATING; THERMAL EFFECTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CONCENTRATION-TIME; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR CONDITIONS; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC);

APARTMENT HOUSES;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84938556484     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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