OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1996 · 22 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesChemistryEnvironmental SciencesAir PollutionAnalytical ChemistryEnvironmental ChemistryAir QualityAir SamplingEnvironmental SamplingExposure AssessmentIndoor Air PollutionParticulate MatterAir ExchangeAirborne ParticlesDecay RatesIndoor Air ChemistryIndoor Air Quality MeasurementIndoor Air SamplingIndoor Environmental Quality AnalysisTracer Gas Studies
The overall goal of the work was to determine the most important relationships between the physical parameters, indoor-outdoor locations, and personal activities. The individual objectives supporting that goal were: (1) Complete the chemical analysis of the nicotine filters and the tracer gas passive samplers (to measure air exchange rates); (2) Determine correlations among the physical and chemical parameters; (3) Statistically analyze relations between the parameters and indoor-outdoor locations and personal activities; (4) Identify the most important sources of indoor particles, elements, nicotine, PAHs, and phthalates; and (5) Use a physical model to determine decay rates, penetration cofficients, and source strengths for those sources identified in (4) for particles, elements, PAHs, and phthalates.