Research Article

Air Quality and Human Health Risk Assessment in the Residential Areas at the Proximity of the Nkolfoulou Landfill in Yaoundé Metropolis, Cameroon

Table 4

Concentration of odorous gases at the monitoring sites (n1 = 12; n2 = 192).

Site codeCH2O (μg/m3)H2S (μg/m3)SO2 (μg/m3)
Range of hourly meanDaily meanRange of hourly meanDaily meanRange of hourly meanDaily mean
MinMaxMinMaxMinMax

RA0NDNDNCNDNDNCND1.740.82
RA1ND185.5632.25ND152.9720.45ND14.282.14
RA2ND133.9524.88ND139.0619.60ND26.183.56
RA3ND130.3222.02ND122.4911.02ND28.564.18
RA4ND172.2025.71ND166.8722.45ND11.902.28
RA5ND138.6214.49ND62.978.74ND6.801.30
RA6ND206.7630.83ND236.4028.06ND16.661.70
RA7ND147.1528.13ND194.6825.13ND12.141.90
RA8ND181.1027.79ND180.7824.02ND11.051.45
RA9ND149.0821.65ND139.0620.25ND4.921.05
RA10ND142.0317.59ND125.1517.53ND5.351.18

RA = residential area; ND = not detected; NC = not calculated because not detected; n1 = number of measurements per hour; n2 = number of measurements per day (24 hours).