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J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol

Title:		Source apportionment of exposure to toxic volatile organic compounds using positive matrix factorization
Author(s):		Anderson MJ; Miller SL; Milford JB;
Address:		"Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA"
Journal Title:		J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol
Year:		2001
Volume:		11
Issue:		4
Page Number:		295 - 307
DOI:		10.1038/sj.jea.7500168
ISSN/ISBN:		1053-4245 (Print) 1053-4245 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Data from the Total Exposure Assessment Methodology studies, conducted from 1980 to 1987 in New Jersey (NJ) and California (CA), and the 1990 California Indoor Exposure study were analyzed using positive matrix factorization, a receptor-oriented source apportionment model. Personal exposure and outdoor concentrations of 14 and 17 toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were studied from the NJ and CA data, respectively. Analyzing both the personal exposure and outdoor concentrations made it possible to compare toxic VOCs in outdoor air and exposure resulting from personal activities. Regression analyses of the measured concentrations versus the factor scores were performed to determine the relative contribution of each factor to total exposure concentrations. Activity patterns of the NJ and CA participants were examined to determine whether reported exposures to specific sources correspond to higher estimated contributions from the factor identified with that source. For a subset of VOCs, a preliminary analysis to determine irritancy-based contributions of factors to exposures was carried out. Major source types of toxic VOCs in both NJ and CA appear to be aromatic sources resembling automobile exhaust, gasoline vapor, or environmental tobacco smoke for personal exposures, and automobile exhaust or gasoline vapors for outdoor concentrations"
Keywords:		"Activities of Daily Living Air Pollutants/*adverse effects Databases, Factual *Environmental Exposure Factor Analysis, Statistical Humans *Models, Theoretical Organic Chemicals/*adverse effects Tobacco Smoke Pollution/adverse effects Vehicle Emissions/adv;"
Notes:		"MedlineAnderson, M J Miller, S L Milford, J B eng Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. England 2001/09/26 J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol. 2001 Jul-Aug; 11(4):295-307. doi: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500168"