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. 2011 Sep 8;11:1597–1622. doi: 10.1100/2011/650624

(b) (b) Emission flux of VOCs (mg/unit/hr)

Order Source Compound Reference
Benzene Toluene Ethyl benzene p-Xylene Styrene o-Xylene α-Pinene TVOC

(1) Pressed wood products: Guo et al. [36]
Particleboard 86.89 ± 74.7
PVC board 62.76 ± 122.4
Plywood 53.51 ± 1.72
Hardboard I 259.5 ± 30.79
Hardboard II 293.9 ± 57.5
Hardboard III 10.0 ± 40.4

(2) New office furniture 60 1030 Brown [30]
(wood-based panel,
after 1 day)

(3) Hardwood (oak, cheery) acid acetic >2000 Risholm-Sundman et al. [37]
Softwood (pine, spurce) terpenes >1400

(4) Pressure-treated 2.89 James and Yang [38]
Vinyl oor tile 0.01 0.719