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. 2009 May 5;117(8):1265–1271. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0800153

Table 2.

Exposure information: internal analysis.

Children and adults (n = 5,007)
Adults with complete interview information (n = 3,081)
Exposure Information No. (%)a Median years (range) No. (%)a Median years (range)
Open period, tier 1 or 2b 70 (1.4) 1.6 (0.1–12.0) 67 (2.2) 1.6 (0.1–12.0)
Open period, tier 3 or 4b 851 (17.0) 5.5 (0.1–12.0) 801 (26.0) 5.5 (0.1–12.0)
Closed period, tier 1 or 2 1,561 (31.2) 7.0 (0.1–25.0) 961 (31.2) 7.0 (0.1–25.0)
Closed period, tier 3 or 4 3,434 (68.6) 8.5 (0.1–27.0) 2,091 (67.9) 8.5 (0.1–27.0)
Attended 99th Street School 1,268 (25.3) 4.0 (1.0–9.0) 563 (18.3) 5.0 (1.0–9.0)
Total years of exposure 5,007 (100.0) 8.5 (0.1–39.0) 3,081 (100.0) 10.5 (0.2–39.0)
Exposed as a child 795 (15.9) 250 (8.1)
Residence on hot spot or swale 125 (2.5) 82 (2.7)
a

Percentages for the first four exposure variables do not add up to 100.0 because the categories are not mutually exclusive.

b

All residents living in the EDA during the “open” period were old enough to be interviewed in 1978.