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Korean Society of Environmental Health (한국환경보건학회)
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Relationships of TVOC with Several Aromatic Hydrocarbon Constituents at Preschool Facilities

  • Yoon, Chung-Sik (Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu, Kyongsan, Korea & School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, University of British Columbia) ;
  • Choi, In-Ja (Wonjin Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health) ;
  • Ha, Kwon-Chul (Department of Biochemistry and Health Science, Changwon National University) ;
  • Park, Dong-Uk (Department of Environmental Health, Korea National Open University) ;
  • Park, Doo-Yong (School of Safety, Health and Management, Hansung University)
  • Published : 2006.10.31
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Abstract

이 연구의 목적은 유치원에서 총 휘발성 유기화합물의 농도를 평가하고, 총 휘발성 유기화합물 농도와 대표적인 8개 방향족 화합물의 상관관계를 조사하는데 있다. 도시에 위치한 11개 유치원의 실내와 실외에서 각각 30개, 11개의 지역시료를, 시골에 위치한 4개 유치원에서는 각각 10개, 4개의 시료를 테낙스 튜브를 이용하여 오전에 1-2시간 채취하였다. 채취한 시료는 열탈착하여 가스크로마토그래피-질량분석기로 분석하였다. 13가지 물질을 각각의 표준물질로 개별 정량하여 이중 빈번히 발견되는 8가지 방향족 유기화합물은 상관관계 평가에 사용하였다. 총 휘발성 유기화합물은 톨루엔을 기준으로 정량하였다. 도시에 위치한 유치원 실내의 총 휘발성 유기화합물 농도가 높았고, 조사 건수의 50%가 환경부 및 교육인적자원부의 가이드라인($400{\mu}g/m^{3}$)을 초과하였다. 도시지역의 유치원 실내 및 실외의 기하평균은 각각 $387.9{\mu}g/m^{3}$과 $134.9{\mu}g/m^{3}$이었고, 시골지역 유치원에서는 각각 $189.6{\mu}g/m^{3},;74.4{\mu}g/m^{3}$이었다. 톨루엔, 크실렌, 에틸벤젠, 정량한 유기 화합물 총합, 총 휘발성 유기화합물은 기하정규분포를 하였다. 벤젠, 톨루엔, 에틸벤젠, 크실렌(BTEX)은 도시에 위치한 유치원에서 농도도 높고, 총 휘발성 유기화합물중 함량도 높았고, 시골지역에서는 농도와 상대적 함량이 낮았다. 도시지역에서는 총 휘발성 유기화합물 중 BTEX의 비중이 25.2%였고 정량한 13가지 유기화합물 중에서는 35.6%를 차지하였다. BTEX 각각 개별물질은 미국 환경보호청이 제시하는 일일 노출 기준량(Reference Concentration; RfC) 보다는 현저히 낮았다. 총 휘발성 유기화합물읜 농도는 실내가 실외 보다 높았다(I/O ratio 2.5). BTEX의 상대적 함량도 실내가 실외보다 높아 실내에도 발생원이 있음을 암시하고 있다. 자료 분석결과 유치원 실내의 벤젠은 실외로부터 유입되고 있었고, 톨루엔, 에틸벤젠, 크실렌은 실외뿐 아니라 실내에서도 발생하고 있었다. 정량한 8개 화합물 각각과 총 휘발성 유기화합물의 스피어만 상관계수는 벤젠을 제외하고는 모두 유의하였다. 이중 톨루엔과 크실렌은 총 휘발성 유기화합물과 좋은 상관성 (톨루엔 0.76, 크실렌, 0.87)을 나타내었다. 이 연구는 톨루엔과 크실렌이 총 휘발성 유기화합물의 좋은 지표를 사용될 있고, 톨루엔, 에틸벤젠, 크실렌 등 많은 휘발성 유기화합물의 발생원은 실외뿐 아니라 실내에도 있음을 나타내고 있다.

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