초록
大氣汚染의 疫學的 硏究의 일부로서 미국내 휴스턴시의 家庭을 對象으로 5가지 主要硏究物質($SO_2$, $NO_2$, CO, $O_3$)에 대한 室內外 濃度를 調査하였다. 室內濃度는 침실, 부엌, 거실에서 調査하였고 室外濃度와 比較하였다. 그 結果 오존을 除外한 각 汚染物質에서 부엌과 거실의 濃度는 室外濃度 보다 높았다. 또한 $NO_2$와 $O_3$를 除外한 각 汚染物質의 室內外 濃度比는 1.8 ~ 2.7을 나타냈다. 특히 家庭 內에서 汚染物質의 室內濃度는 家庭의 住宅構造, 居住者의 吸煙狀況 등에 影響을 받는 것으로 시사되었다.
As part of an air pollution epidemiological study of asthmatics residing in the Houston area, an air monitoring system provided data on the indoor and outdoor measurements of major pollutant gases sampled at selected residences during May ~ October 1981. Continuously monitored pollutant gases included sulfur dioxide ($SO_2$), nitrogen dioxide($NO_2$), nitric oxide(NO), carbon monoxide(CO), and ozone($O_3$). Outdoor levels for each pollutant were compared with their indoor levels(bedroom, kitchen, living room). Mean concentrations of each pollutant in the kitchen, and living room exceeded the mean levels outside except for ozone, while average bedroom levels for all gases except for $O_3$ and $NO_2$ were found higher than the corresponding outside levels. Indoor/ outdoor ratios for $SO_2$, NO, and CO were 1.8 ~ 2.7 times the outdoor levels, but indoor/ outdoor ratios for $NO_2$ and $O_3$ were 0.99 and 0.06, respectively. The impact of several important household characteristics (type of cooking fuel and cigarette smoking) on the indoor levels for these gases is evaluated.