| Title: | "Exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOC) in public buses of Pamplona, Northern Spain" |
| Author(s): | Parra MA; Elustondo D; Bermejo R; Santamaria JM; |
| Address: | "Laboratorio Integrado de Calidad Ambiental (LICA), Departamento de Quimica y Edafologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Navarra. Irunlarrea n degrees 1, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain. mparravi@alumni.unav.es" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.05.028 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0048-9697 (Print) 0048-9697 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "This study examines the exposure level of passengers and drivers to VOC in public buses in a medium-size metropolitan area (Northern Spain). In-vehicle monitoring was performed on different routes, on peak and non-peak hours, during January and February 2007. A total of 112 air samples were collected onto adsorbent tubes and analysed by thermal desorption (TD) and gas chromatography/mass selective detector (GC/MSD) technique. Statistical differences were found among route to route concentrations, with those routes with major prevalence in the commercial area of the city displaying higher values; differences between peak and non-peak hours were also observed. A decrease in VOC concentrations was also registered during the weekend. BTEX ratios were estimated and found to be related to traffic emissions and similar for all the surveyed routes. Correlations confirmed traffic as the main emission source for BTEX and trimethylbenzene, their concentrations being highly associated to changes in meteorological conditions" |
| Keywords: | "Air Pollutants/*analysis Chromatography, Gas *Environmental Exposure Environmental Monitoring Humans Hydrocarbons/*analysis Inhalation Exposure Mass Spectrometry Particulate Matter/*analysis Spain Transportation Urban Population;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineParra, M A Elustondo, D Bermejo, R Santamaria, J M eng Netherlands 2008/07/29 Sci Total Environ. 2008 Oct 1; 404(1):18-25. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.05.028. Epub 2008 Jul 24" |
