Comparison of outdoor and indoor mobile source-related volatile organic compounds between low- and high-floor apartments

The current study examined the hypothesis that there may be vertical variation in mobile source-related volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations in high-rise apartment buildings. One hundred twelve homes in 56 high-rise apartment buildings with 10 or more stories participated in the study. Bot...

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Published in:Environmental research 2003-06, Vol.92 (2), p.166-171
Main Authors: Jo, Wan-Kuen, Kim, Ki-Young, Park, Kun-Ho, Kim, Yoo-Keun, Lee, Hwa-Woon, Park, Jong-Kil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air
Air Pollutants - analysis
Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis
Air quality
altitude
Apartment buildings
Apartment floor
Benzene
Benzene - analysis
Biological and medical sciences
Environmental Monitoring
Environmental pollutants toxicology
Ethers
Exposure
Floors
Housing
Humans
Medical sciences
Methyl Ethers - analysis
Motor vehicle emission
MTBE
Organic Chemicals - analysis
Organic compounds
Parking lot
Roadways
Toluene
Toluene - analysis
Toxicology
Urban Population
Vertical proximity
Volatilization
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Summary:The current study examined the hypothesis that there may be vertical variation in mobile source-related volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations in high-rise apartment buildings. One hundred twelve homes in 56 high-rise apartment buildings with 10 or more stories participated in the study. Both the outdoor and the indoor air concentrations of three VOCs [methyl-tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), benzene, and toluene] were significantly higher for the low-floor apartments than for the high-floor apartments ( P
ISSN:0013-9351
1096-0953
DOI:10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00013-6