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Volatile organic compounds in indoor air

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40001380
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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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SubjectVolatile organic compounds; organic compounds; alcohols; urea formaldehyde; photocopiers; air quality; total organic volatile compounds (tvoc); compound fingerprints; urea formaldehyde foam insulation (uffi); homes; office buildings; wet process photocopying machine exhaust
Abstract
The total organic volatile compounds and fingerprints of the compounds in indoor air have been studied. Houses and buildings have their own specific fingerprints independent of the locations and time of sampling. UFFI houses and non- UFFI houses showed little difference either in the total organic volatile compounds or the fingerprints. The exhaust from wet process copying machines was found to be the common and major volatile organic compound in office buildings.
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PublisherNational Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction
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  • Paper (National Research Council of Canada. Institute for Research in Construction), no. IRC-P-1524.
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NoteReprinted from: Chemosphere, v. 17, no. 1, 1988, p. 79-82, ISSN: 0045-6535, DOI: 10.1016/0045-6535(88)90046-X.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NRC numberNRCC 28797
NRC-IRC-3966
NPARC number20375316
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