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Perceived Air Quality Assessment of Occupants According to Indoor Air Quality

실내공기질에 따른 재실자의 인식성 공기질 평가

  • Woo, Byung-Lyul (Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-Su (Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Ahn, Ho-Gi (Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Jung, Soon-Won (Environmental Health Division, Environmental Health Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Hwang, Moon-Young (Environmental Health Division, Environmental Health Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Park, Choong-Hee (Environmental Health Division, Environmental Health Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Yu, Seung-Do (Environmental Health Division, Environmental Health Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research) ;
  • Yang, Won-Ho (Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu)
  • 우병렬 (대구가톨릭대학교 산업보건학과) ;
  • 이현수 (대구가톨릭대학교 산업보건학과) ;
  • 안호기 (대구가톨릭대학교 산업보건학과) ;
  • 정순원 (국립환경과학원 환경건강연구부 환경보건연구과) ;
  • 황문영 (국립환경과학원 환경건강연구부 환경보건연구과) ;
  • 박충희 (국립환경과학원 환경건강연구부 환경보건연구과) ;
  • 유승도 (국립환경과학원 환경건강연구부 환경보건연구과) ;
  • 양원호 (대구가톨릭대학교 산업보건학과)
  • Received : 2010.09.18
  • Accepted : 2010.12.08
  • Published : 2011.01.31
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Abstract

Perceived air quality (PAQ) is defined as evaluation of indoor air satisfaction and comfortable sensory by occupants. However, there are differences between criteria of indoor pollutants and lowest sensory thresholds. In this study, we compared indoor PAQ by questionnaire with measured benzene, toluene and nitrogen dioxide ($NO_2$) concentrations in home indoors. The $NO_2$ concentration was the highest in Seoul, while benzene and toluene were the highest in Asan. Average PAQ score in winter was higher than that in summer. Significant correlations between PAQs of home indoor air pollution and measured pollutant concentrations were not shown and correlation coefficients (r) ranged between -0.453

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