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J Air Waste Manag Assoc

Title:		Evaluation of the use of diffusive air samplers for determining temporal and spatial variation of volatile organic compounds in the ambient air of urban communities
Author(s):		Stock TH; Morandi MT; Afshar M; Chung KC;
Address:		"University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX 77225, USA. thomas.h.stock@uth.tmc.edu"
Journal Title:		J Air Waste Manag Assoc
Year:		2008
Volume:		58
Issue:		10
Page Number:		1303 - 1310
DOI:
ISSN/ISBN:		1096-2247 (Print) 1096-2247 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The Houston-Galveston metropolitan area has a relatively high density of point and mobile sources of air toxics, and determining and understanding the relationship between emissions and ambient air concentrations of air toxics is important for evaluating potential impacts on public health and formulating effective regulatory policies to control this impact, both in this region and elsewhere. However, conventional ambient air monitoring approaches are limited with regard to expense, siting limitations, and representative sampling necessary for adequate exposure assessment. The overall goal of this multiphase study is to evaluate the use of simple passive air samplers to determine temporal and spatial variability of the ambient air concentrations of selected volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urban areas. Phase 1 of this study, reported here, was a field evaluation of 3M organic vapor monitors (OVMs) involving limited comparisons with commonly used active sampling methods, an assessment of sampler precision, a determination of optimal sampling duration, and an investigation of the utility of a simple modification of the commercial sampler. The results indicated that a sampling duration of 72 hr exhibited generally low bias relative to automated continuous gas chromatography measurements, good overall precision, and an acceptable number of measurements above detection limits. The modified sampler showed good correlation with the commercial sampler, with higher sampling rates, although lower than expected"
Keywords:		"Air Pollutants, Occupational/*analysis Air Pollution/*analysis Environmental Monitoring/*methods Organic Chemicals/*analysis Texas United States United States Environmental Protection Agency Urban Health;"
Notes:		"MedlineStock, Thomas H Morandi, Maria T Afshar, Masoud Chung, Kuenja C eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2008/10/23 J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 2008 Oct; 58(10):1303-10"