Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds from Wood and Wood-Based Materials

7. Suggestion for Further Investigations

In the present work a model for evaluation of emission from wood and wood-based materials has been proposed.

There is, however, a need for further theoretical work and to prove the proposed model in practice.

The theoretical work should include an investigation clarify a.o. the assumption concerning the addition of health hazardous effects and limitations of the LCI-values and threshold values used.

Investigations of wood-based materials in a longer time perspective than 28 days and investigations in real scenarios should serve as documentation of the potential impacts on humans and should be carried out as field tests and by emission chamber tests.