Roles of the human occupant in indoor chemistry

Indoor Air

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 6-24

  Weschler, C J ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Criegee mechanism; Desquamation; Fatty acids; Ozone; Skin lipids; Squalene

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); FATTY ACIDS; KETONES; LIPIDS;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; BIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS; CRIEGEE MECHANISMS; DESQUAMATION; INDOOR CHEMISTRY; MONOFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; SKIN LIPID; SKIN SURFACES; SQUALENE;

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; DUST; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OZONE;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ART; CHEMISTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OZONE;

EID: 84954153138     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12185     Document Type: Article

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