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. 2014 Jan 10;12:27. doi: 10.1186/2052-336X-12-27

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for the 24-hour PM mass concentrations (μg/m 3 ) in the urban and suburban sampling sites

PM
Urban sampling site
Suburban sampling site
  Month Average SD Min Max Median % exceed from standard level Average SD Min Max Median % exceed from standard level
TSP
September
143.4
60.4
67.9
227.6
146.4
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
 
October
209.8
71.8
113.1
313.2
209.8
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
 
November
70.5
65.2
26.5
183.2
37.9
--
204.9
11.4
191.8
212.8
210.00
--
 
December
112.0
36.1
76.4
169.9
112.0
--
193.4
21.0
171.5
213.3
195.40
--
 
January
184.5
98.6
104.7
480.4
155.1
--
219.5
61.4
154.5
276.5
227.45
--
 
February
178.4
55.2
101.5
255.6
178.4
--
148.1
21.1
130.4
171.4
142.50
--
 
March
139.5
66.5
78.6
251.7
119.9
--
86.6
26.0
56.9
105.5
97.49
--
 
April
97.8
34.1
45.7
138.9
97.7
--
183.9
10.6
173.7
194.9
183.10
--
 
May
93.5
10.9
75.6
105.6
95.5
--
214.3
47.3
162.6
255.3
224.99
--
 
June
102
36.6
65.8
134.4
98.5
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
 
Overall
142.2
76.3
26.5
480.4
127.5
--
178.7
52.7
56.9
276.5
183.0
--
PM 10
September
84.9
40.0
38.2
147.8
86.2
67
--
--
--
--
--
--
 
October
129.5
48.3
62.7
197.1
129.5
100
--
--
--
--
--
--
 
November
44.2
41.2
14.9
115.3
24.5
20
142.4
13.3
131.1
157.1
139.06
100
 
December
84.3
21.9
65.5
121.2
79.6
100
115.1
10.9
103.3
124.6
117.42
100
 
January
109.7
33.0
67.4
230.0
97.4
100
106.2
17.3
87.5
121.8
109.40
74
 
February
106.2
40.6
56.0
167.2
106.2
100
111.2
21.7
98.4
136.3
98.85
100
 
March
95.1
46.9
50.5
174.0
80.2
80
53.1
14.4
36.7
63.8
58.80
35
 
April
44.2
15.8
21.3
65.9
44.2
20
134.2
9.7
125.4
144.5
132.80
100
 
May
43.3
9.8
33.1
58.5
40.6
40
106.9
19.1
85.6
122.5
112.72
100
 
June
47.2
18.5
30.6
71.3
49.0
25
--
--
--
--
--
--
 
Overall
85.2
43.9
14.9
197.1
82.3
72
109.9
30.2
36.7
157.1
108.9
--
PM 2.5
September
38.7
18.2
18.6
65.2
38.8
67
--
--
--
--
--
--
 
October
55.5
18.8
25.6
75.3
55.5
80
--
--
--
--
--
--
 
November
22.8
14.0
12.0
46.8
18.0
20
43.5
6.5
36.8
49.7
44.02
100
 
December
41.3
22.2
15.0
76.0
41.0
80
44.9
6.4
40.5
52.3
42.00
100
 
January
47.7
14.0
31.7
79.0
43.2
100
38.7
12.9
23.9
46.8
45.48
82
 
February
53.0
25.3
35.1
96.6
42.4
100
47.2
9.4
38.6
57.3
45.60
100
 
March
40.2
12.5
23.1
56.4
41.8
80
21.6
5.6
15.6
26.7
22.42
44
 
April
23.8
7.6
13.5
34.7
23.3
40
48.9
2.5
46.4
51.4
48.90
100
 
May
20.0
5.0
13.4
25.4
21.5
20
35.2
3.1
32.2
38.5
34.81
87
 
June
24.1
6.5
15.9
38.4
24.7
30
--
--
--
--
--
--
 
Overall
39.0
19.1
12.0
96.6
36.6
71
40.0
10.9
15.6
57.3
41.6
--
PM 1
September
24.1
13.1
10.6
45.9
23.1
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
 
October
30.6
9.3
15.6
40.6
30.6
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
 
November
14.6
6.7
8.7
25.6
14.0
--
37.2
5.9
30.8
42.3
38.64
--
 
December
32.7
18.3
11.3
60.0
32.7
--
34.6
2.5
31.8
36.4
35.65
--
 
January
40.3
10.8
28.0
66.0
37.8
--
30.2
10.4
18.9
39.3
32.54
--
 
February
40.5
18.9
23.2
72.2
35.7
--
37.9
7.9
31.6
46.8
35.38
--
 
March
28.3
10.8
14.9
43.1
28.3
--
16.6
2.8
13.4
18.9
17.45
--
 
April
18.3
7.5
9.5
30.3
17.8
--
37.2
5.8
31.7
43.3
36.52
--
 
May
13.2
3.1
9.6
17.3
13.0
--
25.7
3.3
23.5
29.6
24.15
--
 
June
22.3
5.5
12.6
25.8
20.5
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
  Overall 28.4 14.9 8.7 72.2 28.6 -- 31.4 9.1 13.4 46.8 31.5 --