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1. United States Environmental Protection Agency. An Introduction to Indoor Air Quality (IAQ).
Available at: www.epa.gov/iaq/voc.html#Sources. Accessed February 17, 2013.

2. Otson R, Fellin P. Volatile organics in the indoor environment: sources and occurrence. In: Nriagu JO (ed.). Gaseous Pollutants—Characterization and Cycling. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1992: 335-421.

3. Zhu J, Newhook LM, Chan CC. Selected volatile organic compounds in residential air in the city of Ottawa, Canada. Environmental Science and Technology 2005; 39: 3964-71.

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5. Leech JA, Nelson WC, Burnett RT, et al. It’s about time: a comparison of Canadian and American time-activity patterns. Journal of Expos Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology 2002; 12: 427-32.

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7. United States Environmental Protection Agency. High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge.
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8. United States Environmental Protection Agency. Chemical Assessment and Management Program (ChAMP).
Available at: http://www.epa.gov/champ/index.html. Accessed November 2012.

9. Environment Canada. CEPA Environmental Registry.
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10. Chemical Substances. Chemical Management Plan.
Available at: http://www.chemicalsubstanceschimiques.gc.ca/plan/index-eng.html. Accessed November 2012.

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12. Statistics Canada. Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) Data User Guide: Cycle 2, November 2012.
Available at: www.statcan.gc.ca.

13. Giroux S, Labrecque F, Quigley A. Sampling Documentation for Cycle 2 of the Canadian Health Measures Survey.  Methodology Branch Working Paper, HSM –2013–002E/F. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2013.

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15. Qiming X, Feng Y-L, Chan CC, Zhu J. Use of reference chemicals to determine passive uptakes rates of VOCs commonly present in residential indoor air. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 2011; 13(9): 2527-34.

16. Statistics Canada. Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) Clinic User Friendly Questionnaire: Cycle 2, September 2012.
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17. Héroux ME, Clark N, Van Ryswyk K, et al. Predictors of indoor air concentrations in smoking and non-smoking residences. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2010; 7: 3080-99.

18. Zhu J, Feng Y-L, Aikawa B. A positive chemical ionization GC/MS method for the determination of airborne ethylene glycol and propylene glycols in non-occupational environments. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 2004; 6: 881-7.

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