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Volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds of respiratory health
relevance in French dwellings
Arnaud Dallongeville1,2,3,*, Nathalie Costet2,5, Denis Zmirou-Navier1,2,4, Barbara Le Bot1,2,
Cécile Chevrier2,5, Séverine Deguen1,2, Isabella Annesi-Maesano5,6 and Olivier Blanchard1,2
1
EHESP School of Public Health, 2 avenue du professeur Léon Bernard, 35043 Rennes,
France
2
Inserm UMR1085-IRSET, 2 avenue du professeur Léon Bernard, 35043 Rennes, France
3
French Environment and Energy Management Agency, 20 avenue du Grésillé, 49000
Angers, France
4
Lorraine University Medical School, 9 Avenue de la Forêt de Haye, 54505 Vandœuvre-lèsNancy, France
5
Université de Rennes 1, 9 rue Jean Macé, 35000 Rennes, France
6
EPAR, UMR S 1136, i-PLESP, Pierre et Marie Curie University Medical School, 27, rue
Chaligny 75571 Paris CEDEX 12, France
7
EPAR, UMR S 1136, i-PLESP, INSERM, 27, rue Chaligny 75571 Paris CEDEX 12, France
*Corresponding author: arnaud.dallongeville@ehesp.fr, +33 (0)2 99 02 26 51
Contents:
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Table S1: Flowrate, linearity range and limit of detection for aldehydes and volatile
organic compounds sampled by Radiello sampler
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Table S2: Spearman’s correlation coefficient between contaminants concentrations
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Table S3: Spearman’s correlation coefficient between contaminants concentrations
and air exchange rate
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Table S4. Frequency of quantification, minimum and maximum values of the 5-days
integrated VOCs concentrations in the child’s bedroom
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Figure S1: Variables factor map of the principal component analysis on THM air
concentrations (dimensions 1 & 2)
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Equation S1. Determination of air exchange rate (AER) from CO2 decay sequences.
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Table S1. Flowrate, linearity range and limits of detection for aldehydes and volatile organic
compounds sampled by Radiello sampler
Compound
Diffusion rate at
298 K and 1013
hPa (mL/min)
Linearity up to
(µg.m-3.min)
Limit of detection
(µg/m3)
acetaldehyde
84
12,000,000
0.1
benzaldehyde
92
8,000,000
0.1
hexanal
18
15,000,000
0.6
formaldehyde
99
4,000,000
0.1
benzene
27.8
410,000
0.05
toluene
30
550,000
0.01
ethylbenzene
25.7
550,000
0.01
m-xylene
26.6
550,000
0.01
o-xylene
24.6
550,000
0.01
p-xylene
26.6
550,000
0.01
limonene
12.8
550,000
0.2
α-pinene
6.4
550,000
0.2
n-undecane
12
520,000
0.05
n-decane
22.3
450,000
0.1
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Table S2. Spearman’s correlation coefficients between contaminants concentrations
(transformed as described in the experimental section). Only significant coefficients (p<0.05)
appear in the table.
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Table S3. Spearman’s correlation coefficient between contaminants concentrations
(transformed as described in the experimental section) and air exchange rate (log10transformed). * indicates a p-value below 0.05, # a p-value below 0.1. BBP was not included
in this analysis because of too many not quantified values.
Chemical group
Contaminant
Spearman’s correlation
coefficient
Aldehydes
VOC
Phthalates
Synthetic musks
formaldehyde
-0.17 #
benzaldehyde
-0.25 *
acetaldehyde
-0.10
hexaldehyde
-0.14
benzene
0.03
toluene
-0.11
ethylbenzene
-0.14
m/p xylenes
-0.10
o xylene
-0.10
alpha pinene
0.07
limonene
0.12
n decane and isomers
-0.06
n undecane and isomers
-0.12
n dodecane and isomers
-0.07
DINP
-0.05
DMP
-0.11
DEHP
-0.18 *
DBP
-0.15 #
DEP
-0.28 *
DiBP
-0.23 *
HHCB
-0.08
AHTN
-0.09
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Table S4. Frequency of quantification, minimum and maximum values of the 5-days
integrated VOCs concentrations in the child’s bedroom (µg/m3). Bold characters indicate the
compounds presented and discussed in the main text. (n : number of valid analyzed samples;
F : frequency of detection in %).
n
F (%)
minimum
maximum
1,2,4,5-tetramethyl-benzene and
other C10-aromatics
135
100
0.3
70.6
1,2,4-trimethyl-benzene and other
C9-aromatics
135
100
1.0
187.7
1-butoxy-2-propanol
12
100
0.8
29.0
2-butoxyethanol
135
100
0.1
21.4
2-methylbutane
12
100
0.8
10.1
2-methylpentane
135
100
0.1
48.3
3-methylpentane
135
100
0.1
30.9
alpha-pinene
135
100
0.1
459.3
benzene
ethyl acetate
135
39
100
100
0.1
0.7
15.9
267.9
ethylbenzene
isobutyl acetate
135
100
0.2
37.8
3
100
1.8
8.0
4
100
9.8
120.4
limonene
135
100
0.1
182.7
m- + p-xylene
methylcyclohexane
135
102
100
100
0.4
0.1
118.4
54.5
6
100
1.3
32.3
n-butanol
135
100
0.2
58.8
n-decane and isomers
135
100
0.5
420.0
n-dodecane and isomers
n-heptane and isomers
135
135
100
100
0.9
0.2
250.0
158.5
n-hexane
135
100
0.1
43.4
n-nonane and isomers
135
100
0.2
101.4
n-octane and isomers
135
100
0.4
80.8
n-pentane
12
100
1.9
16.3
n-undecane and isomers
135
100
0.5
670.0
o-xylene
phenol
135
28
100
100
0.2
0.7
55.2
7.0
styrene
135
100
0.1
3.7
toluene
135
100
0.3
123.6
isododecane
methylisobutylcetone
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1-methoxy-2-propanol
135
99
0.2
49.0
n-butyl acetate
135
99
0.4
46.7
tetrachloroethylene
135
99
0.1
7.6
2-ethyl-1-hexanol
135
99
0.7
46.1
ethylterbutylether
135
98
0.1
74.5
naphtalene
135
97
0.1
1.6
cyclohexane
135
96
0.1
26.6
2-ethoxyethanol
135
90
0.1
7.3
1,4-dichlorobenzene
135
76
0.1
14.3
1-methoxy-2-propyl acetate
43
72
0.3
66.2
dimethyldisulfide
135
54
0.1
1.1
isopropyl acetate
135
53
0.1
3.4
trichloroethylene
135
37
0.1
40.7
1,1,1-trichloroethane
135
9
0.1
0.8
2-methoxyethanol
135
1
2.9
2.9
2-ethoxyethyl acetate
135
0
/
/
2-methoxyethyl acetate
135
0
/
/
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Figure S1. Variables factor map of the principal component analysis on THM air
concentrations (dimensions 1 & 2: 96% of total variance). Total THM was set as illustrative
variable.
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Equation S1. Determination of air exchange rate (AER) from CO2 decay sequences.
Air Exchange Rate can be determined based on decay sequences of CO2 concentration. We
assume that each decay sequence corresponds to absence of occupants in the instrumented
room. If windows are open, this assumption is not valid and real AER is underestimated.
However, given the duration of windows opening (minutes) compared do the sampling period
(5 days), we assume that windows opening is negligible.
Under these assumptions, AER can be determined based on CO2 concentration according to :
𝐿𝑛
(𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑡 − 𝐶𝑖𝑛𝑑 )
0
(𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑡 − 𝐶𝑖𝑛𝑑
)
= −𝑡
With:
Cout : outdoor CO2 concentration (ppm), assumed to be constant at 400 ppm
Cind : indoor measured CO2 concentration (ppm)
C0ind : indoor initial CO2 concentration (ppm)
λ : Air Exchange Rate (vol/hour)
t : time (hours)
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