Indoor exposure to particulate matter and volatile organic compounds in dwellings and workplaces and respiratory health in French farmers

Maesano, Cara Nichole; Caillaud, Denis; Youssouf, Hassani; Banerjee, Soutrik; Prud’Homme, Julie; Audi, Christelle; Horo, Kigninlman; Toloba, Yacouba; Ramousse, Ollivier; Annesi-Maesano, Isabella

doi:10.1186/s40248-019-0194-3

Table 4 Distribution of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in the farms

From: Indoor exposure to particulate matter and volatile organic compounds in dwellings and workplaces and respiratory health in French farmers

VOCs^a	Place	Mean (μg/m³)	Min (μg/m³)	Median (μg/m³)	3rd quartile (μg/m³)	Max (μg/m³)
Acetaldehyde	L	18.60	1.53	16.64	23.76	66.70
	S	10.83	0.33	5.86	14.47	62.85
	G	14.95	1.26	8.97	18.97	74.28
Acrolein	L	0.66	0.00	0.51	0.77	3.80
	S	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.63
	G	0.08	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.26
Formaldehyde	L	15.01	0.39	13.04	19.32	59.52
	S	2.53	0.25	0.83	1.24	22.16
	G	3.04	0.26	1.18	2.27	24.15
Benzene	L	1.54	0.52	1.17	1.92	4.86
	S	1.29	0.62	1.12	1.52	2.66
	G	1.72	0.77	1.17	1.62	10.56
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	L	2.80	0.00	0.19	3.16	43.94
	S	0.09	0.00	0.03	0.06	1.26
	G	0.13	0.00	0.06	0.13	1.64
Etylbenzene	L	3.76	0.14	1.55	5.12	25.11
	S	0.77	0.14	0.25	0.43	6.47
	G	1.34	0.14	0.74	1.82	5.66
n-Decane	L	35.39	2.26	14.66	38.26	252.89
	S	10.59	2.20	5.03	6.84	96.93
	G	10.34	2.95	8.99	12.41	30.73
n-Undecane	L	42.35	3.51	24.34	47.03	248.53
	S	14.58	1.66	8.02	10.80	132.33
	G	12.47	1.89	9.88	16.59	33.60
Styrene	L	0.90	0.14	0.70	1.11	3.93
	S	0.39	0.14	0.29	0.39	1.32
	G	0.72	0.14	0.55	0.91	2.29
Tetrachloroethylene	L	0.08	0.00	0.05	0.05	0.55
	S	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.16
	G	0.09	0.05	0.05	0.11	0.22
Air Pollutant	Place	Mean	Min	Median	3rd quartile	Max
Toluene	L	12.09	0.45	6.10	13.41	105.82
	S	2.13	0.45	1.30	2.16	11.19
	G	5.89	0.54	3.23	5.26	28.64
Trichloroethylene	L	0.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.05
	S	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.72
	G	0.28	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.23
1, 2,4-Trimethylbenzene	L	25.16	0.89	8.43	20.04	172.69
	S	4.78	0.57	1.24	2.25	58.73
	G	6.88	0.76	4.19	9.07	24.10
m/p-Xylene	L	11.24	0.26	3.76	13.94	81.82
	S	2.24	0.16	0.47	0.89	29.19
	G	3.69	0.16	1.83	4.96	17.34
o-Xylene	L	4.82	0.17	1.69	5.31	30.77
	S	1.12	0.11	0.28	0.40	15.47
	G	1.53	0.11	0.79	2.09	6.44
2-Butoxyethanol	L	2.00	0.00	0.43	1.07	87.20
	S	0.27	0.00	0.00	0.07	3.94
	G	0.18	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.72
2-Butoxyetylacetate	L	0.14	0.00	0.00	0.27	1.08
	S	0.09	0.00	0.00	0.18	0.72
	G	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1-Metoxy-2-Propanol	L	1.33	0.00	0.42	0.84	13.68
	S	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.68
	G	0.54	0.00	0.10	1.36	2.04
1-Metoxy-2-propylacetate	L	0.19	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.02
	S	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.59
	G	0.15	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.98
Global VOCs score			1	5	7	13

Min minimum, Max Maximum, L Living room, S Stable, G Granary
^aFor each VOC, 79 measurements were in the Living room for 50 farms 48 measurements in stables of 33 farms and 23 measurements in the granary of 19 farms

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