Carboxyhaemoglobin levels of in-vehicle occupants commuting in an urban commercial/residential area
Abi Esber, L. and El-Fadel, M. (2007) Carboxyhaemoglobin levels of in-vehicle occupants commuting in an urban commercial/residential area. Indoor and Built Environment, 16, (2), 184-189. (doi:10.1177/1420326X07076664).
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Description/Abstract
Biological carbon monoxide (CO) monitoring is a direct approach to assess CO exposure and associated potential health impacts. Exhaled breath CO concentrations and corresponding carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) level of car occupants were measured before and after 45-min in-vehicle commutes along a congested road in a typical commercial/residential area using various ventilation modes. The effects of longer commutes were examined by fitting the measured in-vehicle mean CO levels with the Peterson and Stewart model for COHb level prediction. The increase in COHb level after a trip varied from 0 to 57% for a non-smoker passenger. Predicted COHb levels indicate that potential health outcomes can be manifested for trips lasting more than 70 min and characterized with low in-vehicle air exchange.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1420-326X (print) |
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| Keywords: | carbon monoxide, in-vehicle exposure, carboxyhaemoglobin |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment |
| Item ID: | 52961 |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:10 |
| Contributors: | Abi Esber, L. (Author) El-Fadel, M. (Author) |
| Date: | April 2007 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/52961 |
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