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8 4ȣ, December 2011
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ISSN : 1738-4125 (Print)
ISSN : 2287-7509 (Online)
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alidity of Nitrogen Dioxide Measurement Periods in Indoor and Outdoor Microenvironments
캴 赿 ȣ*
Abstracts
Personal or population exposure to hazardous air pollutants has often been assessed by time-weighted average model with combining concentrations of indoor environments and time-activity pattern, which were mainly a single measurement. However, daily levels of air pollutants in indoor environments may greatly be changed because of source emission, ventilation, decay rate and so on. Subsequently exposure by a single measurement in indoor environments could not be assessed properly. In this study, we measured the consecutive 21 daily indoor and outdoor measurements of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) with 37 houses and 19 shops such as restaurants and coffee shops beside street by using of passive samplers. Considering that average concentration during 21 days was true value, paired t-test was conducted. Daily variations of NO2 in houses with constant or low emission source were different from those in restaurants with irregular or high emission source. These results can be explained that the NO2 emission of indoor sources could affect the validity of measurement periods.
Keywords : Nitrogen dioxide, Exposure, Indoor environment, Validity