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. 2023 Jul 31;20:30. doi: 10.1186/s12989-023-00541-x

Table 1.

Exposure characteristics from the chamber compared with earlier performed study by Muala et al. [27]

Present study Muala et al. [27]
Exposure time 2 h 3 h
Unit Mean ± SD Mean ± SD
PM1 mass concentration (TEOM) μg/m3 453 ± 13 314 ± 38
PM1 mass concentration (filter) μg/m3 409 ± 43 294 ± 36
CO ppm 11 ± 2 25 ± 6
NO ppm 0.21 ± 0.09 Not measured
NO2 ppm 0.02 ± 0.01 Not measured
NOx ppm 0.23 ± 0.10 0.41 ± 0.12
EC/TC (elemental/total carbon) ratio 0.78 ± 0.07 0.72 ± 0.08
Organic fraction of total PM1 % 27 ± 8 24 ± 8
Soot fraction of total PM1 % 62 ± 8 38 ± 9.9
Inorganic fraction of total PM1 % 10 ± 3 Not measured

Presented as mean values ± standard deviation (SD)