Personal, indoor, and outdoor exposure to VOCs in the immediate vicinity of a local airport

• Published in: Environmental monitoring and assessment Vol. 173; no. 1-4; pp. 555 - 567
• Main Authors: Jung, Kyung-Hwa, Artigas, Francisco, Shin, Jin Young
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.02.2011; Springer Netherlands; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Air Pollutants; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air pollution; Air Pollution, Indoor; Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis; Air quality; Airborne particulates; Aircraft; Airport; Airport runways; Airports; analysis; Applied sciences; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Aviation; Benzene; Benzene - analysis; Benzene Derivatives; Benzene Derivatives - analysis; Benzene/toluene (B/T) ratio; BTEX; BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene); Diaries; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology; Ecotoxicology; Emission measurements; Emissions; Environment; Environmental Management; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Ethylbenzene; Exact sciences and technology; Households; Human exposure; Hydrocarbons; Indoor; Indoor environments; Indoor/outdoor (I/O) ratio; methods; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Neighborhoods; Organic compounds; Outdoor; Outdoor air quality; Personal exposure; Pollutants; Pollution; Position (location); Ratios; Samplers; seasonal variation; Studies; Summer; Toluene; Toluene - analysis; VOCs; Volatile organic compounds; Volatilization; Wind; Winter; Xylene; Xylenes; Xylenes - analysis; New York; United States; North America; New Jersey; America; United States > US; VOCs; Personal exposure; Airport; BTEX; Benzene/toluene; Indoor/outdoor; /; ratio; Hydrocarbon; Toluene; Air quality; Volatile organic compound; Exposure; BTEX compound; Health and environment; Indoor pollution; Air pollution; Indoor outdoor ratio; Indoor/outdoor (I/O) ratio; Aromatic compound; Public health; Organic compounds; Concentration distribution; Benzene/toluene (B/T) ratio

This study measures the effect of emissions from an airport on the air quality of surrounding neighborhoods. The ambient concentrations of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and o-, m-, and p-xylene (BTEX) were measured using passive samplers at 15 households located close to the airport (indoor, outdo...