Table 4. The indoor and outdoor VOCs and HCHO levels and environmental factors by season (μg/m3).
Season | TVOC | Benzene | Toluene | Ethylbenzene | m.p-Xylene | Styrene | o-Xylene | HCHO | Temp (°C) |
Relative humidity (%) |
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N | GM ± GSD | N | GM ± GSD | N | GM ± GSD | N | GM ± GSD | N | GM ± GSD | N | GM ± GSD | N | GM ± GSD | N | GM ± GSD | ||||
January (winter) |
Indoor | 164 | 230.9 ± 2.1 | 165 | 4.1 ± 0.4 | 161 | 26.3 ± 1.3 | 163 | 4.5 ± 0.5 | 161 | 7.6 ± 0.7 | 165 | 2.9 ± 0.3 | 161 | 2.4 ± 0.3 | 178 | 20.0 ± 1.0 | 23.7 | 65.4 |
Outdoor | 49 | 127.2 ± 1.9 | 50 | 2.9 ± 1.7 | 50 | 18.5 ± 1.2 | 50 | 2.4 ± 0.2 | 50 | 4.1 ± 0.4 | 50 | 1.6 ± 0.2 | 50 | 1.1 ± 0.1 | 52 | 7.0 ± 0.6 | 1.1 | 63.1 | |
p-value | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | - | - | |||||||||
April (spring) |
Indoor | 158 | 238.4 ± 2.0 | 158 | 2.9 ± 0.4 | 157 | 26.3 ± 1.2 | 158 | 4.9 ± 0.4 | 158 | 9.1 ± 0.6 | 158 | 4.0 ± 0.3 | 158 | 3.0 ± 0.2 | 172 | 19.0 ± 0.9 | 24.2 | 66.8 |
Outdoor | 43 | 166.0 ± 2.0 | 43 | 2.9 ± 1.8 | 43 | 18.1 ± 1.1 | 43 | 3.9 ± 0.4 | 43 | 6.8 ± 0.7 | 43 | 3.5 ± 0.4 | 43 | 1.7 ± 0.2 | 51 | 8.3 ± 0.7 | 8.2 | 73.2 | |
p-value | <0.01 | 0.89 | <0.01 | < 0.01 | <0.01 | 0.02 | <0.01 | <0.01 | - | - | |||||||||
July (summer) |
Indoor | 161 | 311.1 ± 2.2 | 165 | 5.9 ± 0.5 | 160 | 25.5 ± 1.3 | 162 | 4.3 ± 0.4 | 163 | 7.2 ± 0.7 | 157 | 5.4 ± 0.5 | 163 | 2.6 ± 0.2 | 166 | 26.5 ± 1.1 | 26.3 | 74.6 |
Outdoor | 21 | 222.8 ± 2.1 | 24 | 5.2 ± 2.0 | 23 | 25.2 ± 1.4 | 24 | 3.6 ± 0.3 | 23 | 6.3 ± 0.6 | 22 | 4.5 ± 0.3 | 24 | 2.2 ± 0.1 | 37 | 13.8 ± 0.8 | 23.4 | 82.1 | |
p-value | <0.01 | 0.03 | 0.33 | 0.02 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | - | - | |||||||||
October (autumn) |
Indoor | 144 | 244.5 ± 1.9 | 143 | 4.4 ± 0.4 | 143 | 29.9 ± 1.3 | 138 | 5.8 ± 0.6 | 142 | 9.2 ± 0.8 | 142 | 2.3 ± 0.2 | 141 | 2.9 ± 0.4 | 169 | 22.5 ± 1.0 | 24.7 | 69.4 |
Outdoor | 45 | 145.9 ± 1.8 | 45 | 4.2 ± 1.8 | 42 | 25.5 ± 1.3 | 42 | 3.6 ± 0.5 | 43 | 5.2 ± 0.7 | 43 | 1.4 ± 0.1 | 43 | 1.5 ± 0.2 | 54 | 9.8 ± 0.8 | 18.6 | 72.5 | |
p-value | <0.01 | 0.26 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | - | - |