Table 5.
Country | Location | Setting | Sampling period | No. of sampling locations | Sampling method | DF |
Concentration (μg m−3) |
Rep | VOC/PAH | Ref | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AM | SD | GM | Median | Max | ||||||||||
US | Missoula, MT | Rural | 2005–2006 | Outside of 51 high school students’ homes | 12-h active sorbent | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0.4 | N | VOC | [106] | |
US | Southeast Michigan | Urban and suburban | 2004–2005 | Outside of 159 homes | 4-d passive sorbent | 94% | 0.28 | - | - | 0.18 | 4.72 | Y | VOC | [107] |
US | Chicago, IL | Urban and suburban | 2000–2001 | Outside of 10 homes | 48-h active PUF | - | - | - | 0.17 | 1.87 | Y | PAH | [109] | |
US | Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill, NC | Urban | 1997 | 4 sites | 48-h active PUF | 0.06 | - | - | - | 0.076 | N | PAH | [7] | |
US | Five cities in NC | Urban and rural | 1995 | Outside of 24 low-income families | 24-h active resin | 0.43 | 0.51 | - | 0.28 | 1.82 | Y | PAH | [6] | |
US | Columbus, OH | Urban | 1986–1987 | Outside of 8 homes | 8-h active resin | 0.17 | - | - | - | 0.33 | N | PAH | [111] | |
US | Phoenix and Tucson, AZ | Urban | 1994–1996 | 5 sites, 305 samples | 6L canister | 0.01–0.82 | - | - | - | 1.96 | Y | VOC | [130] | |
US | San Dimas, Upland, Mira Loma, Riverside, CA | Urban | 2001–2002 | 4 schools | 24-h active PUF | 0.21–0.58 | - | - | - | 1.04 | Y | PAH | [91] | |
US | Los Angeles, CA Riverside, CA | Urban | 2002–2003 | 2 sites | 5-day active sorbent | 0.7 0.23 |
- | - | - | 2.54 0.77 |
Y | PAH | [131] | |
US | Wildlife Refuge, MS | Remote | 1991 | 2 sites, 80 samples | 4-day active PUF | 0.0001 | - | - | - | - | N | PAH | [132] | |
Canada | Sarnia, Ontario | Urban | 2005 | 37 sites | 2-week OVM passive | 0.12 | 0.05 | - | 0.11 | - | Y | VOC | [133] | |
Canada | Ottawa, Ontario | Urban | 2002–2003 | Outside of 74 homes | 100-min active sorbent | 54% | 0.18 | - | - | 0.02 | 3.9 | Y | VOC | [113] |
Canada | Western Canada | Rural | 2004 | 11399 samples | 1-month OVM passive | 70% | 0.008 | - | 0.003 | 0.003 | 1.7 | N | VOC | [134] |
UK | Birmingham | Urban | 1999–2000 | Outside of 12 homes | Active sorbent | 0.3 | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | 0.9 | Y | VOC | [116] | |
UK | Birmingham | Urban | 1992 | 1site, 55 samples | 24-h active PUF | 0.002–0.012 | - | - | - | N | PAH | [92] | ||
Germany | Leipzig | Urban | 1994–2001 | 222 measurements | 4-week OVM passive | 0.1 | - | - | 0.1 | 1.5 | Y | VOC | [118] | |
Germany | Germany | Urban | NA | 47 measurements | Active PUP | 100% | - | - | - | 0.1 | 1.4 | Y | PAH | [119] |
Finland | Helsinki, Finland | Urban | 1996–1997 | Outside of 183 homes | 48-h active sorbent | <20% | - | - | - | - | 1.3 | N | VOC | [121] |
Australia | Melbourne | Urban | N/A | 27 sites | 30–50 min active sorbent | 30% | <MDL | - | - | <MDL | - | N | VOC | [105] |
India | Delhi | Urban | 2001 | Multiple sites | 4-h active sorbent | 0.39 | 0.30 | - | 0.31 | - | Y | VOC | [135] | |
India | Mumbai | Urban | 2001–2002 | Multiple sites | 4-h active sorbent | 0.10 | 0.12 | - | 0.06 | - | Y | VOC | [136] | |
Korea | Seoul | Urban | 1999 | 1 site | 24-h active PUF | 0.01 | 0.01 | - | 0.01 | - | Y | PAH | [137] | |
China | Hangzhou | Urban | 1999 | Outside of 8 homes | XAD-2 resin | 100% | 6.31 | 6.82 | 3.15 | 4.15 | 19.83 | N | PAH | [123] |
Industrial | 0.41 | - | - | - | - | N | ||||||||
Taiwan | Taichung | Urban | 2002 | 1 site | 3-day active PUF | 0.28 | - | - | - | - | Y | PAH | [94] | |
Rural | 0.22 | - | - | - | - | N |