Health Risk Assessment of Volatile Organic Compounds for Children in Indoor Air, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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dc.contributor.authorOyun-Erdene Otgonbyamba
dc.contributor.authorGantuya Ganbat
dc.contributor.authorSer-Od Khuyag
dc.contributor.authorEnkhjargal Altangerel
dc.contributor.authorBilguun Ganbold
dc.contributor.authorAltangadas Bayanjargal
dc.contributor.authorAltangerel Bat-Erdene
dc.contributor.authorBataa Chuluunbaatar
dc.contributor.authorBurmaajav Badrakh
dc.contributor.authorSuvd Batbaatar
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-16T13:29:17Z
dc.date.available2024-11-16T13:29:17Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThis study presents levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) measured indoors for the first time in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and quantifies the health risk for children emphasizing the urgent need to improve control for indoor VOCs sources. The 583 samples collected at 144 sites, including new buildings, old apartments, schools, workplaces, kindergartens, baishin, and Mongolian traditional gers, hospitals, schools, and shopping centers are analyzed. Formaldehyde was detected in 95.7% of the samples, while benzene was in 24.2%. The levels of benzene, toluene, and xylene in new and old buildings and apartments exceed the recommended values of AGÖF for volatile organic compounds in indoor air. The probabilistic Monte Carlo simulation method was used to estimate the risk exposure of four types of VOCs (benzene, formaldehyde, toluene, and m,p-xylene) to the health of the study population. The risk of cancer for benzene and formaldehyde is high in the age group of 7 months–4 years, m,p-xylene, and toluene show non-cancer risk in this age group.
dc.identifier.citationOtgonbyamba, O., Ganbat, G., Khuyag, S., Altangerel, E., Ganbold, B., Bayanjargal, A., Bat-Erdene, A., Chuluunbaatar, B., Badrakh, B., Batbaatar, S. (2023). Health Risk Assessment of Volatile Organic Compounds for Children in Indoor Air, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Aerosol Air Qual. Res. 23, 230028. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.230028
dc.identifier.urihttps://gmitlibrary.net/handle/123456789/243
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectVolatile organic compounds
dc.subjectIndoor air
dc.subjectHealth risk assessment
dc.subjectChildren
dc.subjectUlaanbaatar
dc.titleHealth Risk Assessment of Volatile Organic Compounds for Children in Indoor Air, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
dc.typeArticle

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