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. 2013 Jan 28;132(2):307–316. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kft013

Table 1.

Individual Exposure of the Study Participants to PM10, PM1, Metal Components (Measured in PM10), Elemental Carbon, and Organic Carbon

Exposure Mean SD Interquartile range Min Max
PM10 (µg/m3) 169.29 48.37 43.80 73.72 222.86
PM1 (µg/m3) 6.67 3.69 5.80 1.71 11.83
Aluminum (µg/m3) 2.31 1.85 1.01 1.00 7.38
Arsenic (µg/m3) 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.01 0.30
Barium (µg/m3) 0.23 0.12 0.22 0.07 0.42
Cobalt (µg/m3) 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.02
Chromium (µg/m3) 0.07 0.03 0.03 0.00 0.11
Copper (µg/m3) 2.05 1.81 2.24 0.11 5.36
Iron (µg/m3) 31.55 18.20 27.55 1.70 59.81
Manganese (µg/m3) 6.16 6.06 6.89 0.16 17.05
Molybdenum (µg/m3) 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.00 0.23
Nickel (µg/m3) 0.28 0.16 0.16 0.02 0.52
Lead (µg/m3) 3.74 3.64 4.27 0.13 10.30
Antimony (µg/m3) 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.07
Tin (µg/m3) 0.31 0.30 0.37 0.03 0.86
Zinc (µg/m3) 12.14 12.03 13.36 0.29 33.59
Elemental carbon (µg/m3) 110.23 53.00 67.95 31.91 194.34
Organic carbon (µg/l) 6.26 10.29 8.97 0.03 31.55

Note. Exposure levels were estimated for the 3 days between baseline and postexposure samples.