... Formaldehyde Indoor paint emissions Sick building syndrome Volatile organic compounds Environment Original Paper Indoor Built Environ 1996;5:270-279 Dan Norbäcka Gunilla Wieslandera Eythor Björnssonb Christer Janson'0 Gunnar Bomanh a Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, b Department...

...Stefan Willers; Sven Andersson; Rolf Andersson; Jörgen Grantén; Christina Sverdrup; Larss Rosell From a large questionnaire-based survey investigating the indoor air quality(IAQ) in 48 schools and 74 kindergartens, 21 schools were selected for measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOC...

...Bozena Kozdron-Zabiegata; Andrzej Przyjazny; Jacek Namiesnik Evaluation of the quality of indoor air for 13 dwellings in the Tricity area Gdansk, Sopot, and Gdynia of Poland was carried out by measuring the concentrations of selected volatile organic compounds: benzene, toluene, butyl acetate...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Indoor air Volatile organic compounds Toxic volatile organic compounds Toxic volatile organic compounds Environment Original Paper Indoor...

...M.Y. Menetrez; K.K. Foarde This paper presents the results from a study that examined microbial volatile organic compound (MVOC) emissions from six fungi and one bacterial species ( Streptomyces spp.) commonly found in indoor environments. Data are presented on peak emission rates from inoculated...

... 3 –C 12 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide, temperature, relative humidity and particulate matter were also measured. The CO levels at GL1 complied with local AQ objectives for Indoor Car Parks and ASHRAE guidelines...

... aNational Institute of Public Health, Centre of Environmental Hygiene, and bCharles University, First Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Prague, Czech Republic Key Words Legislation W Health risks W Volatile organic compounds W Nitrogen dioxide W Children niture and carpets...

... (ETS) and a wide range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). A total of 60 non-smoking, non-occupational residents at homes in metropolitan Taegu, Korea, were recruited for this study. The subjects were classified into two groups, i.e. subjects living in homes with smokers and without smokers. Seasonal...

... of 0.35 air changes per hour. This system also included partial filtration and dehumidification of the air. Many (but not all) construction materials were selected to be low-VOC emission products (e.g. paint topcoat and lacquers, laminated flooring and cupboards). Total volatile organic compound (TVOC...

... of volatile or semi-volatile organic compounds from a sorbent or material by heating the sample in a flow of inert gas. The extracted analytes are then transferred in the flow of carrier gas to the analyser (typically GC or GC-MS) as a small, discreet and concentrated volume of vapour. In effect the thermal...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Strategies Indoor Pollutants Volatile organic compounds Protocols Air Monitoring Pollution in the Home Review Indoor Built Environ 2001;10:125 131 Accepted: June 4...

...Young Min Kim; Stuart Harrad; Roy Harrison The concentrations of 15 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including 1,3-butadiene, benzene and styrene were measured in a wide range of indoor and outdoor urban microenvironments. For all VOCs, excluding naphthalene, mean concentrations in cars exceeded...

...Michael H. Abraham; Joëlle M.R. Gola; J. Enrique Cometto-Muñiz; William S. Cain A general equation set up for the study of transport properties has been applied to volatile organic compound (VOC) nasal pungency and eye irritation thresholds, as log (1/NPT) and log (1/EIT). The equation accounts...

... samples. However, the frequency and importance of the various compounds remains poorly understood. A new simple method to quantitatively measure volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in small samples of the blood of fire victims has been developed utilising the ‘purge and trap’ method of gas phase...

...R. Meininghaus; S. Kirchner; F. Maupetit; H. Sallée; D. Quenard Adsorption and desorption of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by indoor materials can have a significant impact on indoor air quality. Investigations with other environmental matrices than building materials have shown...

...Michael V. Ellacott; Sue Reed The increasing incidence of health problems associated with ‘tight buildings’ can be partly blamed on the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) derived from human activity and the presence of a range of synthetic furnishings, office equipment and building...

...M.P. Baya; I. Figa-Talamanca; P.A. Siskos Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a class of pollutants present, to a greater or lesser degree, in all indoor industrial and non-industrial environments. Such pollution may be increased by the use of specific compounds. For example, perchloroethylene...

...Veronica M. Brown; Derrick R. Crump Diffusive sampling using tube-type adsorbent samplers can be applied to the measurement of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the air of homes and outdoors. In the present study samplers packed with Tenax TA have been used to investigate VOCs in the air of 44...