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Table 1.

BaP-equivalent carcinogenicity and mutagenicity risks assessed in 5–6 year old residential indoor and outdoor air.

		BaP-TEQ Levels, ng/m³					BaP-MEQ Levels, ng/m³
Analyte	n	^aTEF	Median	Mean	SD	Range	^bMEF	Median	Mean	SD	Range
Σ₈PAH	255	NA	0.299	0.478	0.709	0.098–8.348	NA	0.376	0.590	1.325	0.069–19.72
BaP	255	1	0.121	0.198	0.363	0.015–4.494	1	0.121	0.198	0.363	0.015–4.494
BaA	255	0.1	0.006	0.009	0.010	0.002–0.132	0.082	0.005	0.007	0.009	0.001–0.108
Chry	255	0.01	0.001	0.001	0.002	0.000–0.021	0.017	0.001	0.002	0.003	0.000–0.036
BbFA	255	0.1	0.019	0.028	0.034	0.004–0.346	0.25	0.047	0.069	0.084	0.010–0.865
BkFA	255	0.1	0.006	0.010	0.013	0.002–0.140	0.11	0.007	0.010	0.014	0.002–0.154
IP	255	0.1	0.028	0.044	0.094	0.002–1.400	0.31	0.087	0.136	0.291	0.006–4.340
DahA	255	5	0.083	0.180	0.212	0.055–1.741	0.29	0.005	0.010	0.012	0.003–0.101
BghiP	255	0.01	0.004	0.008	0.033	0.001–0.517	0.19	0.084	0.156	0.624	0.016–9.828
Outdoor
Σ₈PAH	82	NA	0.277	0.450	0.389	0.109–1.932	NA	0.360	0.528	0.454	0.062–2.394
BaP	82	1	0.091	0.133	0.133	0.016–0.748	1	0.091	0.133	0.133	0.016–0.748
BaA	82	0.1	0.007	0.011	0.011	0.001–0.059	0.082	0.005	0.009	0.009	0.001–0.048
Chry	82	0.01	0.001	0.002	0.002	0.0003–0.008	0.017	0.002	0.004	0.003	0.001–0.013
BbFA	82	0.1	0.039	0.048	0.043	0.006–0.237	0.25	0.097	0.121	0.108	0.015–0.592
BkFA	82	0.1	0.010	0.015	0.017	0.002–0.114	0.11	0.011	0.017	0.018	0.002–0.125
IP	82	0.1	0.027	0.035	0.031	0.003–0.197	0.31	0.085	0.107	0.095	0.010–0.611
DahA	82	5	0.083	0.199	0.188	0.075–1.021	0.29	0.005	0.012	0.011	0.004–0.059
BghiP	82	0.01	0.005	0.007	0.007	0.001–0.039	0.19	0.087	0.126	0.126	0.010–0.739

TEF: toxic equivalency factors for cancer potency relative to BaP (Nisbet and LaGoy, 1992)

MEF: mutagenic potency factor relative to BaP (Durant et al., 1996 and 1999)

BaP-TEQ: Carcinogenic equivalents calculated from the cancer potency relative to BaP (TEF) multiplied by the concentration of PAH in a sample.

BaP-MEQ: Mutagenic equivalents calculated from the mutagenic potency relative to BaP (MEF) multiplied by the concentration of PAH in a sample.

∑₈PAH includes benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), benz(a)anthracene (BaA), chrysene/iso-chrysene (Chry), benzo(b)fluoranthene (BbFA), benzo(k)fluoranthene (BkFA), indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene (IP), dibenz(a,h)anthracene(DahA), and benzo(ghi)perylene(BghiP).