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Table 2.

Distributions of concentration inputs (μg/m³) for group 2 compounds [GM (GSD)].

Compound	Home (LogN)	Office (LogN)	Commute (LogN)	Dining distribution	Grocery (LogN)	Nongrocery (LogN)	Outdoor/other (LogN)
Formaldehyde	18 (2)^a,^b,^c,^d	15 (1.5)^e	11 (1.5)^f,^g	Bet [1.4 (7.3)]^f	14 (1.5)^f	21 (2.7)^f	2.5 (3.0)^a,^b,^d
Acetaldehyde	9 (2)^a,^c	7.0 (1.6)^e	4.3 (1.4)^f,^g	Gam [39 (0.9)]^f	21 (2.1)^f	10 (2.4)^f	4.7 (1.4)^a,^b,^c,^d
1,3-Butadiene	0.3 (3.7)^a,^d	0.2 (3.4)^e	1.5 (2.1)^f,^g	LogN [1.0 (6.3)]^f	0.2 (3.4)^f	0.2 (3.4)^f	0.1 (3.6)^a
Benzene	2.1 (3.1)^a,^d,^h,ⁱ,^j,^k,^l,^m	3.5 (1.8)^e	6.3 (1.9)^f,^g,^o	LogN [3.1 (2.1)]^f	1.7 (1.6)^f	1.7 (2.1)^f	1.8 (1.9)^a,^d,ⁱ,^j,^k,^m
Methylene chloride	0.8 (5.8)^a,ⁱ,^j,^m	0.7 (6.7)^e	1.4 (2.0)^f,^o	LogN [1.4 (5)]^f	1.1 (2.7)^f	2.1 (5.8)^f	0.4 (3.5)^a,^d,ⁱ,^j,^m
Chloroform	1.2 (2.8)^a,^d,^h,ⁱ,^j,^k,^l,^m	0.3 (3.0)^e	0.4 (2.4)^f	Gam [1.9 (0.9)]^f	1.2 (2.3)^f	0.4 (3.7)^f	0.2 (3.5)^a,^d,^h,ⁱ,^j,^l,^m
Trichloroethylene	0.2 (4.1)^a,^h,ⁱ,^j,^m	0.3 (4.0)^e	0.3 (2.4)^f,^o	LogN [0.3 (5.2)]^f	0.3 (2.1)^f	0.4 (5.0)^f	0.2 (2.5)^a,^d,ⁱ,^j,^l,^m
Perchloroethylene	0.9 (4.3)^a,^d,^h,ⁱ,^l,^m	2.0 (3.1)^e	0.4 (2.5)^f,^o	LogN [2.1 (5.6)]^f	0.9 (2.5)^f	1.4 (3.4)^f	0.4 (4.2)^a,^d,ⁱ,^j,^k,^l,^m
1,4-Dichlorobenzene	0.4 (6.9)^h,^k,^l,^m	0.9 (4.5)^e	0.5 (2.6)^f	LogN [1.5 (5.9)]^f	2.7 (3.3)^f	1.7 (7.7)^f	0.1 (6.2)^a,^d,^l,^m
High 1,4-dichlorobenzene	18 (4.5)^a,ⁱ

Abbreviations: GM, geometric mean; GSD, geometric standard deviation. For offices and grocery stores, the nongrocery distribution was used for 1,3-butadiene. Distribution parameters: lognormal (LogN), GM (GSD), gamma (Gam), scale (shape), beta (Bet), alpha (beta).

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