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Multivariate evaluation of VOCs in buildings where people with non‐specific building‐related symptoms perceive health problems and in buildings where they do not
Author(s) -
Sunesson A.L.,
Rosén I.,
Stenberg B.,
Sjöström M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
indoor air
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.387
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1600-0668
pISSN - 0905-6947
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2006.00450.x
Subject(s) - multivariate statistics , architectural engineering , environmental health , environmental science , multivariate analysis , environmental planning , civil engineering , engineering , computer science , medicine , machine learning
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were sampled in buildings where people with non-specific building-related symptoms perceive health problems and in buildings where they do not. In total, nine persons and 34 buildings were included in the study. The obtained VOC data was evaluated using multivariate methods, to investigate possible systematic differences in air quality of 'problem' and 'non-problem' buildings. All individual compounds were included as variables in a multivariate partial least squares (PLS) data analysis. 'Problem' and 'non-problem' buildings separated into two distinct groups, showing that air samples of the two groups of building were chemically different.