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Table 5.

Measurements of the concentration of phthalates in dust in different countries.

			DEHP (μg/g dust)		BBzP (μg/g dust)		DnBP (μg/g dust)
Study	Country	No.	50th^a	95th^a	50th^a	95th^a	50th^a	95th^a	Sampling technique
Present study	Sweden	346	770	4,069	135	599	150	568	Surface dust above floor (filter)^b
Pohner et al. 1997	Germany	272	450	2,000	—	—	—	—	“Fine dust”?
Oie et al. 1997	Norway	38	640^c	—	110^c	—	100^c	—	Surface dust (filter)^d
Butte et al. 2001	Germany	286	740	2,600	49	320	49	240	Vacuum cleaner bags
Becker et al. 2002	Germany	199	416	1,190	15	207	42	160	Vacuum cleaner bags
Clausen et al. 2003	Denmark	23	858	2,595	—	—	—	—	Floor dust (cyclone/glass bottle)
Rudel et al. 2003	USA	120	340	854^e	45	277^e	20	44^e	Surface dust (filter)^d
Kersten and Reich 2003	Germany	65	600	1,600	19	230	47	180	Vacuum cleaner bags
Fromme et al. 2004	Germany	30	703	1,540	30	218	56	130	Vacuum cleaner bags
Becker et al. 2004	Germany	252	515	1,840	—	—	—	—	Vacuum cleaner bags

50th, 95th: 50th and 95th percentiles.

Multiple surfaces excluding floors.

Mean concentration.

Multiple surfaces including floors.

90% percentile.