2022Journal ArticleMention / reference

TVOC - Revisited

Salthammer, Tunga

Environment International

In: Environment International, vol. 167, pp. 107440, 2022, ISSN: 0160-4120.

Editorial summary

This review retraces the development and competing definitions of total volatile organic compounds (TVOC), explains analytical and calculation approaches, and assesses appropriate and inappropriate applications of the sum parameter. It stresses that TVOC is not toxicologically based and is unsuitable as a stand-alone health or odour metric. FLEC appears in reviewed chamber/cell emission data rather than as a new experiment.

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FLEC use

FLEC mention, comparison or reference

This is a review article. FLEC occurs in its presentation of previously published chamber and cell emission measurements, not as an experimental method used by the author in new work.

Topics

Health related assessmentPhotoacousticsPhotoionizationScreening of IAQSum valuesToluene equivalents