Commuter exposure to aromatic VOCs in public transportation modes in Hong Kong
Wai-Lun Lau & Lo-Yin Chan · Science of The Total Environment
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Published2003-06
DOI10.1016/s0048-9697(02)00647-2
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Among nine Hong Kong public transport modes, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene levels were substantially higher in air-conditioned buses and Mass Transit Railway trains than in the others, which the authors take to suggest additional solvent-related sources in those vehicle interiors.
Five winter months of 2001–02; it measures air composition, not odour, and the levels were within Hong Kong's health-protecting limits.EXTERNAL RECORD