PMID- 10660987
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20000308
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 1047-322X (Print)
IS  - 1047-322X (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 1
DP  - 2000 Jan
TI  - Real-time monitoring of particles, PAH, and CO in an occupied townhouse.
PG  - 39-47
AB  - Beginning in October 1996, indoor and sometimes outdoor air at an occupied house 
      in a suburban area of Virginia has been monitored continuously for particles, 
      PAH, and CO. Two Climet monitors have been used to count particles in six size 
      ranges between 0.3 and > 10 microns, with 1-minute averages being collected every 
      5 minutes. Two Ecochem PAH monitors have been used to sample for particle-bound 
      PAHs once every minute. Also, two Langan CO monitor-data loggers have measured CO 
      once each minute while logging the PAH data. Two Aethalometers measure black 
      carbon. A single Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS) measures ultrafine 
      particles. The pairs of monitors are set up either to provide an indoor/outdoor 
      or an upstairs office/downstairs kitchen comparison. Air exchange is occasionally 
      measured using a Bruel & Kjaer 1302 SF6 monitor, as a parameter necessary for 
      estimating deposition rates for particles and PAH. Results from the first 16 
      months of monitoring (approximately 10 M observations) include: neighborhood 
      woodburning and morning rush hour traffic are the most important sources of PAH 
      and black carbon outdoors; candles, matches, incense, and frying, sauteeing, 
      broiling, deep-frying, and stir-frying are additional important indoor sources of 
      PM. One citronella candle was an extremely powerful PAH source. Neither 
      woodburning nor vehicles appears to be an important source of particles indoors, 
      but frying, grilling, and sauteeing are extremely strong indoor sources, together 
      with combustion events such as use of matches and candles. Physical movement was 
      an important source of coarse but not fine particles. Use of the gas stove for 
      extended periods of time led to increased CO concentrations--vehicles and 
      woodburning were relatively minor sources in comparison. The gas oven, gas 
      burners, and electric toaster oven were important sources of ultrafine particles 
      (< 0.1 micron). A source-proximity effect was noted with the kitchen monitor 
      reading two to five times higher than the upstairs monitor for particles from 
      kitchen events, while the upstairs monitor often read higher than the kitchen 
      monitor for events caused by physical activity alone.
FAU - Wallace, L
AU  - Wallace L
AD  - National Exposure Research Laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Reston, 
      Virginia, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
PL  - England
TA  - Appl Occup Environ Hyg
JT  - Applied occupational and environmental hygiene
JID - 9103256
RN  - 0 (Aerosols)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Aromatic)
RN  - 7U1EE4V452 (Carbon Monoxide)
SB  - IM
MH  - Activities of Daily Living
MH  - Aerosols/analysis
MH  - Air Pollution, Indoor/*analysis
MH  - Carbon Monoxide/*analysis
MH  - *Cooking
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Housing
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Aromatic/*analysis
MH  - Inhalation Exposure
MH  - Motor Vehicles
MH  - Particle Size
EDAT- 2000/02/08 09:00
MHDA- 2000/03/11 09:00
CRDT- 2000/02/08 09:00
PHST- 2000/02/08 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/03/11 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2000/02/08 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/104732200301836 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Appl Occup Environ Hyg. 2000 Jan;15(1):39-47. doi: 10.1080/104732200301836.