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J Air Waste Manag Assoc

Title:		Vehicle occupants' exposure to aromatic volatile organic compounds while commuting on an urban-suburban route in Korea
Author(s):		Jo WK; Choi SJ;
Address:		"Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea"
Journal Title:		J Air Waste Manag Assoc
Year:		1996
Volume:		46
Issue:		8
Page Number:		749 - 754
DOI:		10.1080/10473289.1996.10467509
ISSN/ISBN:		1096-2247 (Print) 1096-2247 (Linking)
Abstract:		"This study identified in-auto and in-bus exposures to six selected aromatic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) for commutes on an urban-suburban route in Korea. A bus-service route was selected to include three segments of Taegu and one suburban segment (Hayang) to satisfy the criteria specified for this study. This study indicates that motor vehicle exhaust and evaporative emissions are major sources of both auto and bus occupants' exposures to aromatic VOCs in both Taegu and Hayang. A nonparametric statistical test (Wilcoxon test) showed that in-auto benzene levels were significantly different from in-bus benzene levels for both urban-segment and suburban-segment commutes. The test also showed that the benzene-level difference between urban-segment and suburban-segment commutes was significant for both autos and buses. An F-test showed the same statistical results for the comparison of the summed in-vehicle concentration of the six target VOCs (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and o,m,p-xylenes) as those for the comparison of the in-vehicle benzene concentration. On the other hand, the in-vehicle benzene level only and the sum were not significantly different among the three urban-segment commutes and between the morning and evening commutes. The in-auto VOC concentrations were intermediate between the results for the Los Angeles and Boston. The in-bus VOC concentrations were about one-tenth of the Taipei, Taiwan results"
Keywords:		Air Pollutants/*analysis Environmental Exposure/*analysis Humans Hydrocarbons/*analysis Korea *Transportation *Urban Population Vehicle Emissions/*analysis;
Notes:		"MedlineJo, W K Choi, S J eng 1996/08/01 J Air Waste Manag Assoc. 1996 Aug; 46(8):749-54. doi: 10.1080/10473289.1996.10467509"