A review and comparison of the indoor air quality requirements in selected building standards and certifications

G Wei, X Yu, L Fang, Q Wang, T Tanaka… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Indoor air quality (IAQ) indicators have been set by various building standards and
certifications to evaluate indoor environments. The goal of this study is to review and …

Tracking indoor volatile organic compounds with online mass spectrometry

W Liu, L Zhou, W Yuan, L Ruan, X Wang, Y Guo… - TrAC Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Humans spend most of their time indoors, where they are exposed to many volatile organic
compounds (VOCs). Exposure to indoor VOCs has been linked to adverse health effects …

Emission rates of volatile organic compounds from humans

N Wang, L Ernle, G Beko, P Wargocki… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Human-emitted volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are mainly from breath and the skin. In
this study, we continuously measured VOCs in a stainless-steel environmentally controlled …

Quantifying ozone-dependent emissions of volatile organic compounds from the human body

Y Qu, Z Zou, CJ Weschler, Y Liu… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ozone reactions on human body surfaces produce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that
influence indoor air quality. However, the dependence of VOC emissions on the ozone …

Frequency of use of household products containing VOCs and indoor atmospheric concentrations in homes

AC Heeley-Hill, SK Grange, MW Ward… - … Science: Processes & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a key class of atmospheric emission released from
highly complex petrochemical, transport and solvent sources both outdoors and indoors …

Paving the way for a green transition in the design of sensors and biosensors for the detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

CM Cova, E Rincón, E Espinosa, L Serrano, A Zuliani - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The efficient and selective detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) provides key
information for various purposes ranging from the toxicological analysis of indoor/outdoor …

Volatile organic compound emissions from the human body: decoupling and comparison between whole-body skin and breath emissions

Z Zou, X Yang - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The human body can affect indoor air by emitting volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
through breath and skin. However, studies on the quantitative characteristics of skin VOC …

Skin volatile organic compound emissions from 14 healthy young adults under controlled conditions

Z Zou, X Yang - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The human skin is an important source of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in indoor
environments. In this study, VOC emissions from whole-body skin of 14 healthy young adults …

Emissions of volatile organic compounds from human occupants in a student office: dependence on ozone concentration

Y Qu, D Xie, Y Liu - ACS Environmental Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Human occupants themselves constitute an important source of volatile organic compounds
(VOCs) in indoor environments through breath and dermal emissions. In order to quantify …

[HTML][HTML] Volatile organic compounds emitted by humans indoors–A review on the measurement, test conditions, and analysis techniques

PJ Irga, G Mullen, R Fleck, S Matheson… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The impact of indoor air quality on human health is gaining importance as people spend
90% of their time indoors. It has been established that human occupancy is a significant …