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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2008 Oct 8;19(5):525–533. doi: 10.1038/jes.2008.46

Table 2.

Summary of the increases in PM2.5 concentrations (1-h average and peak PM2.5 concentrations, μg/m3) during the morning and afternoon shifts.

Subject ID ΔPM2.5-ave
ΔPM2.5-peak
Morning Afternoon Morning Afternoon
01A 7.3 2.6 22 39
01B 35.1 4.4 89 26
01C 25.8 11.9 39 23
02A 62.4 13.9 146 120
02B 64.4 30.5 84 122
02C 86.8 47.2 148 101
03A 3.1 2.4 17 18
03B 16.1 1.2 24 3
03C 17.0 11.6 41 57
04A 84.7 23.7 126 45
04B 15.2 5.8 100 33
04C 1.1 2.2 4 4
05A 74.9 47.5 278 92
05B 47.9 37.6 73 120
05C 20.3 26.5 32 34
06A 22.1 11.2 62 67
06B 8.0 1.6 15 6
06C 65.9 63.8 77 95
07A 13.0 5.0 67 18
07B 40.8 24.9 110 53
07C 21.6 13.9 45 75
08Aa 21.2 16.8 26 45
09A 32.7 21.2 50 28
09B 31.2 42.6 51 150
09C 28.8 22.0 63 105
10Cb 80.0 51.0 107 72
11Ac 15.8 25.0 46 114
11Cc 41.6 33.3 54 60
Average±SD 35.2±25.9 24.1±22.1 71.3±56.1 64.3±43.5
Range 1.1–87 1.2–98 4.0–278 3.0–150
a

Subject 08 withdrew from the study after one measurement.

b

One valid exposure measurement for subject 10.

c

Two valid exposures for subject 11.