Indoor air quality in a home improvement store: Gaseous pollutants, bioburden and particle-bound chemical constituents
Leonardo Furst, Yago Cipoli, Eduardo Yubero, Nuria Galindo, Carla Viegas, Marta Dias, Teresa Nunes, Getúlio Igrejas et al. · Building and Environment
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Published2025-06
DOI10.1016/j.buildenv.2025.112908
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home improvement storesindoor airwood productsvolatile organic compounds
In a home improvement and gardening store in northeastern Portugal, α-pinene was the most prevalent indoor volatile organic compound, reaching 98 μg/m³ in the wood section, and α-pinene, limonene and hexanal prevailed indoors, most likely from wood products.
One store of a home improvement and gardening chain, sampled in December 2021 and January 2022; it measures air composition, not odour.EXTERNAL RECORD