We have provided below a list of pertinent articles that we feel are valuable resources on health and safety topics. The articles are examples of work conducted by CASSEN or Key CASSEN personnel.

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Publications:

"Can we use VOC diffusion coefficient in air for estimating uptake rate of passive VOC samplers for large scale indoor air surveys?” Proceeding of the Third International Conference on Built Environment and Public Health, 2009

“Air Change Rate and Concentrations of Formaldehyde in Residential Indoor Air”, Atmospheric Environment, Volume 42, 2008

“Housing characteristics and indoor concentrations of nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde in Quebec City, Canada”, Environmental Research, Volume 102, September 2006

"Selected Volatile Organic Compounds in Residential Air in the city of Ottawa, Canada " Environmental Science & Technology, 2005

“Determination of Hexamethylenetetramine in Air and Off-Gas Emissions from Industrial Processes” Proceedings of Conference of American Industrial Hygiene Associations, 2005

Levels and determinants of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and Acrolein in residential indoor air in Prince Edward Island, Canada, Environmental Research, September, 2004

"Determination Of Trace Ethylene Glycol And Propylene Glycol In Air Using Thermal Desorption Coupled With Positive Chemical Ionization Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry” Proceedings, Enviroanalysis (The 5th Biennial Conference On Monitoring And Measurement Of The Environment) 2004

"Measurement Of Selected CEPA Chemicals In Canadian Residential Air Using A Thermal Desorption GC/MS Method “ – Asia Pacific Conference On Build Environment, 2003

Multimedia Exposure Study: Rationale and Design, Proceedings of 1996 EPA/AWMA "Measurement of Toxic Organics"

Determination of Organic Contaminants in Residential Air using a Thermal Desorption Technique, J. Air Waste Management Assoc. Vol. 40, p. 62, 1990.

Automated Method for the Analysis of Purgeable Organic at the Parts per Trillion Level in Water, Proceedings of Third Chemical Congress of North America, June, 1988.

Target Compound Analysis using the Adsorption/Thermal Desorption Technique in Indoor Air, presented at the XIX Annual Eastern Canada Workshop on Pesticide Residues and Environmental Organic Pollutants, Toronto, 1987.

Monitoring of Odorous Organic in Ambient Air, Proceedings of MOE Technology Transfer Conference, 1989.

Development of a Cost Effective Protocol for Routine Analysis of Trace Organic Contaminants in Municipal WPCP Raw Sewage and Final Effluent, Proceedings of MOE Technology Transfer Conference N0. 6, 1985.

Development of an Cost Effective Protocol for Routine Analysis of Trace Organic Contaminants in Municipal WPCP Raw Sewage and Final Effluent, Proceedings of MOE Technology Transfer Conference No. &, 1986.

DField Evaluation of the Adsorption/Thermal Desorption Technique in Indoor Air, Proceedings of the EPA/APCA Symposium on "Measurement of the Toxic Pollutants", APCA Publication V1P-8, EPA Report No. 600/9-87-010

Sample Handling and Analysis for 51 Volatile Organic by an Adapted Purge and Trap GC/MS Technique, J. Environ. Anal. Chem., Vol. 30, p 275, 1987.

Development of a Robotic Workstation for the Routine Analysis of Organic in Biological Tissues using an Acid Digestion Method,
Proceedings of MOE Technology Transfer Conference No. 7, 1986.

Development of an Adsorption/Thermal Desorption Technique coupled with GC/MS for the Monitoring of Trace Organic Contaminants in Indoor Air, EPA/APCA Symposium on "Measurement of Toxic Air Pollutants “1986. APCA publication VIP-7, EPA Report No. 600/9-86-013.

Comparative Distribution of Eight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Airborne Particulate collected by Conventional High Volume Sampler and Size Fractionator, Environ. Sci. Technol. 14 838 (1980).

Relative rates of Photochemical and Biological Oxidation (in vitro) of Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons, "Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons", P.W. Jones and P. Leber, Editors, Ann Arbor Science Publishers Inc., Ann Arbor, 1979

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