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. 2013 Apr 10;10:12. doi: 10.1186/1743-8977-10-12

Table 6.

Penetration of 10 μm (da) through respiratory tract regions relative to particles entering the respiratory tract

Vdaily (%-tile)
Normal
 
Gradual
 
 
Augmentera
Mouth-breathera
Augmentera
Oral onlya
  P(ET)avg P(TB)avg P(ET)avg P(TB)avg P(ET)avg P(TB)avg P(ET)avg P(TB)avg
Male
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5%
0.05b
0.03
0.21
0.10
0.11
0.05
0.43
0.21
50%
0.04
0.02
0.19
0.08
0.11
0.04
0.36
0.15
95%
0.03
0.01
0.19
0.06
0.10
0.03
0.32
0.12
Female
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5%
0.06
0.03
0.15
0.07
0.06
0.03
0.41
0.20
50%
0.04
0.02
0.15
0.06
0.07
0.02
0.35
0.14
95%
0.03
0.01
0.16
0.05
0.07
0.02
0.31
0.11
Child-B c
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5%
0.05
0.02
0.16
0.08
0.16
0.08
0.38
0.18
50%
0.03
0.01
0.15
0.06
0.14
0.06
0.31
0.13
95%
0.02
0.01
0.14
0.04
0.13
0.04
0.27
0.09
Child-A d
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5%
0.10
0.05
0.21
0.10
0.21
0.10
0.38
0.18
50%
0.07
0.04
0.19
0.09
0.18
0.07
0.31
0.13
95% 0.05 0.02 0.17 0.05 0.16 0.05 0.27 0.09

P(ET), extrathoracic penetration for 10 μm particles; P(TB), tracheobronchial penetration for 10 μm particles; aData are daily averages, all activity levels weighted by daily ventilation; bFraction penetration; cScaling factor in Equations 2 and 3 equal to 1.26; dScaling factor in Equations 2 and 3 equal to 1.0.