Personal exposures to VOC in the upper end of the distribution—relationships to indoor, outdoor and workplace concentrations
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Autor:innen
Edwards, Rufus D.
Schweizer, Christian
Jantunen, Matti
Lai, Hak Kan
Katsouyanni, Klea
Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark
Saarela, Kristiina
Sram, Radim
Künzli, Nino
Autor:in (Körperschaft)
Publikationsdatum
2005
Typ der Arbeit
Studiengang
Typ
01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
Herausgeber:innen
Herausgeber:in (Körperschaft)
Betreuer:in
Übergeordnetes Werk
Atmospheric Environment
Themenheft
DOI der Originalpublikation
Link
Reihe / Serie
Reihennummer
Jahrgang / Band
39
Ausgabe / Nummer
12
Seiten / Dauer
2299-2307
Patentnummer
Verlag / Herausgebende Institution
Elsevier
Verlagsort / Veranstaltungsort
Amsterdam
Auflage
Version
Programmiersprache
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Zusammenfassung
Evaluation of relationships between median residential indoor, indoor workplace and population exposures may obscure potential strategies for exposure reduction. Evaluation of participants with personal exposures above median levels in the EXPOLIS study in Athens, Helsinki, Oxford and Prague illustrated that these participants frequently showed a different relationship to indoor and workplace levels than that shown by the population median. Thus, prioritization of environments for control measures based on median exposures may exclude important areas where effectively focused control measures are possible, and may therefore have little impact on the highest and most harmful exposures. Further, personal exposures at the upper end of the distribution may exceed the US EPA inhalation reference concentration (Rfc), illustrated here using hexane, naphthalene and benzene. For example upper 90th percentile personal exposures to benzene in Athens and Prague were 64 and 27 μg m−3 with peak exposures of 217 and 38 μg m−3, respectively for non-ETS exposed participants relative to an Rfc of 30 μg m−3. Strategies to reduce exposures to individual compounds, therefore, may benefit from focus on the high end of the distribution to identify activities and behaviors that result in elevated exposures. Control strategies targeting activities that lead to exposures in the upper end of the distribution would reduce the variability associated with population median values by bringing the upper end of the exposure distribution closer to median values. Thus, compliance with health-based standards would be more protective of the higher exposed fraction of the population, in whom health effects would be more expected.
Schlagwörter
Volatile organic compounds, Indoor sources, Exposures, Microenvironment concentrations, Hexane, Benzene, Naphthalene
Fachgebiet (DDC)
300 - Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
610 - Medizin und Gesundheit
610 - Medizin und Gesundheit
Veranstaltung
Startdatum der Ausstellung
Enddatum der Ausstellung
Startdatum der Konferenz
Enddatum der Konferenz
Datum der letzten Prüfung
ISBN
ISSN
1352-2310
0004-6981
0004-6981
Sprache
Englisch
Während FHNW Zugehörigkeit erstellt
Nein
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Begutachtung
Peer-Review der ganzen Publikation
Open Access-Status
Closed
Lizenz
Zitation
EDWARDS, Rufus D., Christian SCHWEIZER, Matti JANTUNEN, Hak Kan LAI, Lucy BAYER-OGLESBY, Klea KATSOUYANNI, Mark NIEUWENHUIJSEN, Kristiina SAARELA, Radim SRAM und Nino KÜNZLI, 2005. Personal exposures to VOC in the upper end of the distribution—relationships to indoor, outdoor and workplace concentrations. Atmospheric Environment. 2005. Bd. 39, Nr. 12, S. 2299–2307. DOI 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.12.026. Verfügbar unter: https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/45651