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. 2009 Nov;99(Suppl 3):S629–S635. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.149138

TABLE 2.

Results From Stationary and Mobile Monitoring, Adjusted for Temperature and Relative Humidity: Mission Hill Neighborhood, Boston, MA, July–September 2007

Ultrafine Particles
PM2.5
Estimate P Estimate P
Vehicle countsa
    Total count on Huntington Ave 329.02 .002 5.84 × 10−6 .918
    Total count on Tremont/Francis St 369.03 .048 4.17 × 10−4 <.001
    Distance from Huntington Ave while on Tremont/Francis St −49.18 <.001 −6.35 × 10−6 .229
    Distance from Tremont/Francis St while on Huntington Ave −47.38 <.001 −8.23 × 10−7 .912
Backupsb
    Backups while on Huntington Ave 495.49 .826 −1.06 × 10−3 .253
    Backups while on Tremont/Francis St 5702.82 .003 −4.81 × 10−4 .623
    Distance from Huntington Ave while on Tremont/Francis St −21.48 .014 6.99 × 10−6 .052
    Distance from T/F while on Huntington Ave −14.9 .176 −1.09 × 10−5 .042
Idlingc
    Idling while on Huntington Ave −4705.91 .112 −1.84 × 10−3 .306
    Idling while on Tremont/Francis St 9229.91 .01 −1.67 × 10−3 .468
    Distance from Huntington Ave while on Tremont/Francis St −23.97 .006 7.38 × 10−6 .039
    Distance from Tremont/Francis St while on Huntington Ave −19.05 .077 −1.08 × 10−5 .037
Mobile monitoringd
    Distance from Tremont/Francis St −18.49 <.001 2.41 × 10−6 .572
    Distance from Huntington Ave −19.5 <.001 −3.20 × 10−6 .332

Notes. PM2.5 = fine particulate matter. Vehicle counts refer to number of vehicles per 1-min period, and distance is measured in meters.

a

For ultrafine particles: n = 1710; R2 = 0.08. For PM2.5: n = 3363; R2 = 0.22.

b

For ultrafine particles: n = 2072; R2 = 0.06. For PM2.5: n = 4126; R2 = 0.21.

c

For ultrafine particles: n = 2076; R2 = 0.06. For PM2.5: n = 4127; R2 = 0.21.

d

For ultrafine particles: n = 3815; R2 = 0.11. For PM2.5: n = 9914; R2 = 0.30.