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. 2017 May 8;14(5):497. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14050497

Table 3.

Weekly time-weighted average indoor and outdoor concentrations of air pollutants at reference locations (μg/m3).

Substance Week No. Helicopter Platform Dentistry Building Kindergarten
Type Indoor Outdoor Indoor Outdoor Indoor Outdoor
Description Seventh Floor Under Platform Front Desk Court Yard Office FirstFloor Terrace First Floor
Acrolein 1 0.17 0.14 0.24 <0.001 0.17 - a
2 0.15 0.08 0.32 0.09 0.19 - a
Formaldehyde 1 9.7 2.6 7.7 2.0 8.3 - a
2 9.9 2.9 10.2 2.6 8.4 - a
Nitrogen dioxide 1 + 2 11.8 15.5 15.3 17.4 8.63 15.6
TVOC 1 159 12.8 311 1.6 312 <0.1
2 166 11.2 281 <0.1 21.5 <0.1
PM-4.0 1 6.4 3.7 8.4 13.3 6.4 5.9
2 5.4 28.3 12.4 25.3 14.2 5.6
PM-2.5 1 - - 4.6 11.1 - -
2 - - 9.8 25.7 - -
Benz(a)pyrene b 1 2.3 × 10−5 2.5 × 10−5 7.3 × 10−5 7.7 × 10−5 3.0 × 10−5 1.9 × 10−5
2 5.5 × 10−5 1.5 × 10−4 1.1 × 10−4 1.4 × 10−4 1.2 × 10−4 2.7 × 10−5

a No result due to technical difficulties (DNPH impregnated adsorbent material was wetted due to heavy rainfall); b B(a)P was analyzed from an extract of PM-4.0.