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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Environ Monit. 2012 Jan 16;14(3):839–844. doi: 10.1039/c2em10740f

Table 3.

Element concentrations (mg/kg) in house dust by particle size from Tucson residences (n=10)

particle size <63 μm
particle size ≥63 and <150 μm
Element MDLa DF (%)b GMc,d GSDc,e Range DF (%)b GMc,d GSDc,e Range


Be* 0.003 100 0.23 1.29 0.13-0.31 100 0.13 1.66 0.04-0.23
B 0.011 100 22.52 2.16 7.93-122.32 100 18.27 2.47 6.17-123.92
Na 0.006 100 3505.00 3.20 813.48-27201.38 100 3701.06 4.05 652.63-74493.06
Mg 0.009 100 3423.43 1.27 2237.81-4943.84 100 2107.85 1.49 1170.59-5022.54
Al* 0.004 100 7407.65 1.37 4187.65-12312.75 100 4144.84 1.43 1713.32-5959.99
Si 0.005 100 73.72 5.33 14.78-1442.14 100 265.08 2.73 51.17-1176.96
P 0.150 100 580.22 1.64 304.06-1250.45 100 422.36 1.57 215.15-1062.61
K 0.006 100 2387.74 1.55 1294.72-4245.57 100 1455.29 2.16 200.64-2749.19
Ca 0.005 100 21716.91 1.66 7371.25-49674.67 100 11313.25 2.15 1637.59-24447.65
Ti 0.006 100 100.64 1.87 37.10-259.73 100 57.27 1.47 32.07-93.09
V* 0.005 100 10.95 1.27 7.70-18.78 100 6.37 1.50 2.94-9.68
Cr 0.006 100 37.49 2.15 14.90-187.06 100 25.62 3.01 9.86-483.36
Mn 0.003 100 198.52 1.61 107.69-373.24 100 97.61 1.65 35.61-167.47
Fe 0.011 100 6776.86 1.28 5070.45-10811.94 100 5275.51 1.70 2048.99-13466.47
Co 0.002 100 5.26 1.50 2.41-8.14 100 2.91 1.56 1.57-6.11
Ni 0.005 100 21.34 1.92 8.92-51.11 100 15.19 2.38 4.13-57.66
Cu 0.003 100 69.09 2.70 37.72-958.31 100 57.32 1.70 29.70-149.97
Zn 0.002 100 311.35 2.46 68.94-1152.34 100 186.02 3.46 34.35-2569.10
Ge 0.004 100 0.06 1.20 0.04-0.08 100 0.04 1.83 0.01-0.07
As 0.003 100 3.04 1.64 1.71-7.57 100 2.03 2.52 0.56-17.44
Se 0.012 100 0.64 1.85 0.31-1.89 90 0.39 5.36 BDL-2.95
Zr 0.006 100 37.57 3.01 8.07-245.32 100 34.92 3.21 8.01-407.41
Nb 0.006 100 0.17 1.98 0.06-0.46 100 0.17 1.49 0.08-0.25
Mo* 0.002 100 3.17 1.42 2.13-7.38 100 1.41 1.45 0.75-2.50
Ag 0.004 100 0.89 2.53 0.23-3.99 100 0.84 2.50 0.22-6.17
Cd 0.004 80 0.15 10.54 BDL-1.16 70 0.08 13.83 BDL-2.14
Sn 0.009 100 0.90 1.83 0.35-2.18 100 4.47 3.78 0.78-49.81
Sb 0.009 80 0.02 5.15 BDL-0.88 100 0.11 3.66 0.02-0.57
Ba 0.003 100 123.07 1.54 53.10-196.93 100 65.29 1.59 35.85-192.45
Pb 0.004 80 3.11 49.47 BDL-26.32 100 19.42 3.03 2.48-147.74
a

MDL – minimum detection limit, BDL – below detection limit

b

DF – detection frequency

c

0.5*MDL used for samples <BDL

d

GM – geometric mean

e

GSD – geometric standard deviation

*

indicates signficiance after Bonferroni correction (p<0.0017)