The indoor environment can constitute a serious health
hazard if buildings are not properly constructed and finished.
Building, finishing and furnishing materials may emit
a large number of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into
the indoor air. That wood-composite products are among
the sources of formaldehyde emissions is well documented.
Up until now very little has been known about the emission
of VOCs from wood-composite products (Merrill and Steiber
1987; Levin 1992; Sundin and Edenholm 1992; Catananti
et al. 1993; Barry and Corneau 1999).
The aim of this work is the determination of VOC and
formaldehyde emissions from particleboard veneered with
decorative paper foil.
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