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6 1ȣ, March 2009
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ISSN : 1738-4125 (Print)
ISSN : 2287-7509 (Online)
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Contribution of Outdoor Air and Indoor Source on Nitrogen Dioxide Concentration in Apartments
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Abstracts
Exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) can produce adverse health effects. Various indoor and outdoor combustion sources make NO2 the most ubiquitous pollutant in the indoor environment. Indoor air quality can be affected by indoor sources, ventilation, decay and outdoor levels. Although technologies exist to measure these factors, direct measurements are often difficult. In the present paper, we used a mass balance model and regression analysis, penetration factor (ventilation rate divided by the sum of ventilation rate and deposition constant) and source strength factor (source strength divided by the sum of ventilation rate and deposition constant) were calculated using multiple indoor and outdoor measurements with 10 houses. Subsequently, mean contributions of indoor and outdoor sources were 28.86% and 81.09%, respectively, suggesting that both indoor and outdoor sources had contributions to indoor concentrations of NO2.
Keywords : Contribution, indoor and outdoor sources, nitrogen dioxide, exposure