Formaldehyde emission monitoring from a variety of solid wood, plywood, blockboard and flooring products manufactured for building and furnishing materials

[Display omitted] ► Monitoring of formaldehyde emission from solid wood, plywood, flooring and blockboard. ► Wood species, plywood type and thickness had highly significant effects. ► Engineered flooring with PVAc had the lowest amount of formaldehyde. ► Formaldehyde concentrations were dropped at the end of measuring period. ► Painted beech blockboard had the highest amount of released formaldehyde. The measurements of formaldehyde emission (FE) from solid wood, plywood, flooring and blockboard used for building and furnishing materials were obtained using the European small-scale chamber (EN 717-1) and gas analysis (EN 717-2) methods to identify the major sources of formaldehyde among construction and wood products in the Czech Republic. The differences in the FE values reported for various wood products were a function of their structural differences. These results showed that the wood species, plywood type and thickness significantly affected the FE measured by EN 717-2 (P