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ISSN : 1738-4125(Print)
ISSN : 2287-7509(Online)
Journal of Odor and Indoor Environment Vol.4 No.1 pp.53-58
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모기향에 의한 공기오염물질 발생량 및 담배흡연 등가치

임성국, 김문현1), 손부순2), 양원호*
대구가톨릭대학교 산업보건학과, 1)대구대학교 환경공학과, 2)순천향대학교 환경보건학과

Air Pollutants Emissions by Combustion of Mosquito Coil and Environmental Tobacco Smoke Equivalents

Won-Ho Yang*, Sung-Kuk Yim, Moon-Hyeon Kim1), Bu-Soon Son2)
Department of Occupational Health, Catholic University of Daegu
1)Department of Environmental Engineering, Daegu University
2)Department of Environmental Health Science, Soonchunhyang University

Abstract

Burning mosquito coils in indoor environments maygenerate smoke that can control mosquito effectively.This practice has been used in numerous households in Korea. However the smoke may contain airpollutants of health concern. We conducted the present study to characterize the emission from two commonbrands of mosquito coils from Vietnam and Malaysia, respectively. We measured mass emission of airpollutants of nitrogen oxides (NOx), fine particulate(PM2.5), formaldehyde (HCHO), total volatile organiccompounds (TVOCs), carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2) in completely closed chamber. Airpollutants concentrations resulting from burning mosquito coils could substantially exceed health-based airquality standards orguidelines. Under the same condition, air pollutants were measured by cigarette smokingto compare mosquito coil. Burning one mosquito coil would release the same amount of PM2.5 mass asburning 20~58 cigarettes. The emission of HCHO from burning one coil can be as high as that released fromburning 27 cigarettes.

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