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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2009 Dec 30;21(2):123–132. doi: 10.1038/jes.2009.68

Table 2.

Pearson correlation coefficients between nine logged house-dust polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons concentrations.

ln(B(a)A) ln(Chry) ln(B(a)P) ln(B(k)F) ln(B(b)F) ln(I(c,d)P) ln(D(a,h)A) ln(Cor) ln(D(a,e)P)
N, non-missing and above detection 577 582 558 572 577 582 542 554 570
ln(Benzo(a)anthracene) 1 0.91 0.70 0.65 0.81 0.82 0.60 0.46 0.49
ln(Chrysene) 1 0.61 0.64 0.82 0.76 0.57 0.46 0.39
ln(Benzo(a)pyrene) 1 0.57 0.61 0.70 0.63 0.37 0.51
ln(Benzo(k)fluoranthene) 1 0.55 0.57 0.48 0.36 0.27
ln(Benzo(b)fluoranthene) 1 0.79 0.58 0.46 0.42
ln(Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene) 1 0.66 0.58 0.69
ln(Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene) 1 0.35 0.41
ln(Coronene) 1 0.58
ln(Dibenzo(a,e)pyrene) 1

ln(B(a)A), ln(Benzo(a)anthracene); ln(Chry), ln(Chrysene); ln(B(a)P), ln(Benzo(a)pyrene); ln(B(k)F), ln(Benzo(k)fluoranthene); ln(B(b)F), ln(Benzo(b)-fluoranthene); ln(I(c,d)P), ln(Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene); ln(D(a,h)A), ln(Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene); ln(Cor), ln(Coronene); ln(D(a,e)P), ln(Dibenzo(a,e)pyrene).