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Applied Spectroscopy Reviews Volume 57, 2022 - Issue 9-10: Toward a better understanding of indoor air quality holistically integrating improved and new instrumental analytical techniques
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Review of low-cost sensors for indoor air quality: Features and applications

Milagros Ródenas Garcíaa EUPHORE Labs., Fundación Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterráneo (CEAM), Paterna, Valencia, Spain; Correspondence[email protected]
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Andrea Spinazzéb Risk Assessment for Human Health (RAHH) Research Group, Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria, Como, Italy; ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0371-3164View further author information
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Pedro T.B.S. Brancoc LEPABE – Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; ;d ALiCE – Associate Laboratory in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4163-0936View further author information
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Francesca Borghib Risk Assessment for Human Health (RAHH) Research Group, Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria, Como, Italy; ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3452-2803View further author information
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Andrea Cattaneob Risk Assessment for Human Health (RAHH) Research Group, Department of Science and High Technology, University of Insubria, Como, Italy; ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2962-7259View further author information
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Alessia Di Giliof Department of Biology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy; ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9951-4498View further author information
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