Table 2. Level of inhaled elemental components during work hours on the examination days.
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Obs | Mean | SD | 10pct | 25pct | Median | 75pct | 90pct | Obs | Mean | SD | 10pct | 25pct | Median | 75pct | 90pct | |
Inhaled elemental componentsa (μg/m3) on the examination days, from personal monitors | ||||||||||||||||
Al | 118 | 0.54 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.37 | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.86 | 120 | 1.36 | 0.93 | 0.44 | 0.59 | 1.29 | 1.86 | 2.32 |
Ca | 118 | 0.32 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.28 | 0.41 | 0.54 | 120 | 2.09 | 2.20 | 0.29 | 0.40 | 1.58 | 3.08 | 4.52 |
Fe | 118 | 0.38 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.69 | 120 | 1.01 | 0.64 | 0.38 | 0.50 | 0.82 | 1.34 | 1.75 |
K | 118 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.18 | 0.27 | 0.56 | 0.82 | 2.07 | 120 | 1.31 | 1.07 | 0.34 | 0.44 | 0.89 | 2.06 | 2.81 |
S | 118 | 6.19 | 5.05 | 0.61 | 1.66 | 5.30 | 8.64 | 13.77 | 120 | 8.43 | 4.92 | 2.30 | 4.87 | 6.98 | 12.47 | 16.14 |
Si | 118 | 0.79 | 0.53 | 0.28 | 0.45 | 0.68 | 1.03 | 1.43 | 120 | 2.37 | 1.76 | 0.64 | 0.82 | 2.09 | 3.54 | 4.13 |
Ti | 118 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 120 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.10 |
Zn | 118 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.22 | 0.37 | 120 | 0.27 | 0.22 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.41 | 0.68 |
Measured during the work hours of examination days using light-weight personal monitors.