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. 2010 Jul 20;7(7):2903–2939. doi: 10.3390/ijerph7072903

Table 5.

Naphthalene concentrations measured in ambient air. Otherwise as Table 4.

Country Location Setting Sampling period No. of sampling locations Sampling method DF Concentration (μg m−3)
Rep VOC/PAH Ref
AM SD GM Median Max
US Missoula, MT Rural 2005–2006 Outside of 51 high school students’ homes 12-h active sorbent - - - 0.1 0.4 N VOC [106]
US Southeast Michigan Urban and suburban 2004–2005 Outside of 159 homes 4-d passive sorbent 94% 0.28 - - 0.18 4.72 Y VOC [107]
US Chicago, IL Urban and suburban 2000–2001 Outside of 10 homes 48-h active PUF - - - 0.17 1.87 Y PAH [109]
US Raleigh–Durham–Chapel Hill, NC Urban 1997 4 sites 48-h active PUF 0.06 - - - 0.076 N PAH [7]
US Five cities in NC Urban and rural 1995 Outside of 24 low-income families 24-h active resin 0.43 0.51 - 0.28 1.82 Y PAH [6]
US Columbus, OH Urban 1986–1987 Outside of 8 homes 8-h active resin 0.17 - - - 0.33 N PAH [111]
US Phoenix and Tucson, AZ Urban 1994–1996 5 sites, 305 samples 6L canister 0.01–0.82 - - - 1.96 Y VOC [130]
US San Dimas, Upland, Mira Loma, Riverside, CA Urban 2001–2002 4 schools 24-h active PUF 0.21–0.58 - - - 1.04 Y PAH [91]
US Los Angeles, CA Riverside, CA Urban 2002–2003 2 sites 5-day active sorbent 0.7
0.23
- - - 2.54
0.77
Y PAH [131]
US Wildlife Refuge, MS Remote 1991 2 sites, 80 samples 4-day active PUF 0.0001 - - - - N PAH [132]
Canada Sarnia, Ontario Urban 2005 37 sites 2-week OVM passive 0.12 0.05 - 0.11 - Y VOC [133]
Canada Ottawa, Ontario Urban 2002–2003 Outside of 74 homes 100-min active sorbent 54% 0.18 - - 0.02 3.9 Y VOC [113]
Canada Western Canada Rural 2004 11399 samples 1-month OVM passive 70% 0.008 - 0.003 0.003 1.7 N VOC [134]
UK Birmingham Urban 1999–2000 Outside of 12 homes Active sorbent 0.3 0.2 - 0.2 0.9 Y VOC [116]
UK Birmingham Urban 1992 1site, 55 samples 24-h active PUF 0.002–0.012 - - - N PAH [92]
Germany Leipzig Urban 1994–2001 222 measurements 4-week OVM passive 0.1 - - 0.1 1.5 Y VOC [118]
Germany Germany Urban NA 47 measurements Active PUP 100% - - - 0.1 1.4 Y PAH [119]
Finland Helsinki, Finland Urban 1996–1997 Outside of 183 homes 48-h active sorbent <20% - - - - 1.3 N VOC [121]
Australia Melbourne Urban N/A 27 sites 30–50 min active sorbent 30% <MDL - - <MDL - N VOC [105]
India Delhi Urban 2001 Multiple sites 4-h active sorbent 0.39 0.30 - 0.31 - Y VOC [135]
India Mumbai Urban 2001–2002 Multiple sites 4-h active sorbent 0.10 0.12 - 0.06 - Y VOC [136]
Korea Seoul Urban 1999 1 site 24-h active PUF 0.01 0.01 - 0.01 - Y PAH [137]
China Hangzhou Urban 1999 Outside of 8 homes XAD-2 resin 100% 6.31 6.82 3.15 4.15 19.83 N PAH [123]
Industrial 0.41 - - - - N
Taiwan Taichung Urban 2002 1 site 3-day active PUF 0.28 - - - - Y PAH [94]
Rural 0.22 - - - - N