Investigation of Human Exposure Levels of Volatile Organic Compounds and Effects on Health
- VernacularTitle:不同室内环境空气中挥发性有机物的暴露水平及其对健康的影响
- Author:
Xiang GAO
;
Zhipeng BAI
;
Yan YOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Air pollution, indoor;
Formaldehyde;
Benzene;
Volatile organic compounds
- From:
Journal of Environment and Health
1992;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the exposure level of VOCs in different population and the health effects. Methods In 2005, a questionnaire survey relating to inhalation exposure assessment of VOCs and housing decoration characteristics was carried out in 200 newly decorated apartments (628 residents), 30 house decoration workers and 20 painting workers of an automobile manufacture factory. Indoor concentrations of formaldehyde, BTEX-compounds and TVOC were measured in typical apartments, offices, houses in where the decoration workers were operating, the painting workshops, and public indoor environments. Average daily exposure doses and potential doses for common people at home (non-occupational exposure group) and workers in occupational environments (occupational exposure group) to formaldehyde and BTEX-compounds and TVOC were estimated by combining the survey results with monitoring data. Results The percentages of whom having different discomfortable symptoms in the workers in the painting workshop were higher than that in common people (P
