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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Wood-Based Panels and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): An Overview on Production, Emission Sources and Analysis.

Fátima Daniela Gonçalves, Luísa Hora Carvalho, José António Rodrigues, Rui Miguel Ramos

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Fátima Daniela GonçalvesLAQV-REQUIMTE-Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6220-4955
Luísa Hora CarvalhoDEMad-Departamento de Engenharia de Madeiras, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Campus Politécnico de Repeses, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-4557-7113
José António RodriguesLAQV-REQUIMTE-Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3950-528X
Rui Miguel RamosLAQV-REQUIMTE-Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0313-6985

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia PTDC/CTM-PAM/1348/2021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emission and presence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the indoor air of houses and factories has been a growing topic of debate in the industry and related research fields. Given the extended times people in modern society spend indoors, monitoring VOCs is crucial due to the associated potential health hazards, with formaldehyde being particularly noteworthy. Wood and wood-based panels (WBPs) (the latter constituting a significant segment of the wood-transforming industry, being widely used in furniture, construction, and other applications) are known sources for the emission of VOCs to indoor air. In the case of the WBPs, the emission of VOCs depends on the type and species of wood, together with industrial processing and addition of additives. This review integrates perspectives on the production processes associated with WBPs, together with the evolving global regulations, and thoroughly examines VOC sources associated with WBPs, health risks from exposure, and current analytical methods utilized for VOC detection. It comprises an overview of the WBP industry, providing relevant definitions, descriptions of manufacturing processes and adhesive use, analysis of legal constraints, and explanations of VOC source identification and describing analysis techniques utilized for VOCs in WBPs.

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir Pollution, IndoorVolatile Organic CompoundsWoodEnvironmental MonitoringHumansAir PollutantsVolatile Organic Compoundsemissionindoor air qualityvolatile organic compoundswoodwood-based panels

Identifiers

PMID40807371
PMCPMC12348141

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