. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 3.

Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2012 May 2;22(4):393–397. doi: 10.1038/jes.2012.19

Table 1.

Dermal flux for different parts of the body calculated for 3-hr exposures with both side-by-side cells heated to 37 °C±1 °C with the whole skin exposed to 5 mg/l of CAN and DCAN, 15 mg/l of BCAN, 25 mg/l of DBAN, and 100 mg/l of TCAN and CH solutions (n=3).

Surface area of body (%)^a		Flux (mg/hr-cm²), (mean and SD)
		CAN	DCAN	TCAN	BCAN	DBAN	CH
Scalp	5.10	0.015±0.028	ND	ND	ND	0.022±0.0053	0.0023±0.00044
Palm	2.60	0.044±0.038	0.068±0.017	ND	0.0018±0.00040	0.038±0.0075^b	0.012±0.0022^b
Torso	35^c	0.27±0.064^b	0.25±0.066^b	0.63±0.13^b	0.54±0.085^b	0.97±0.21^b	0.089±0.16^b
Dorsum	2.60	0.42±0.097^b	0.32±0.080^b	0.91±0.20^b	0.53±0.076^b	0.82±0.16^b	0.098±0.014^b

ND, not detected.

Source: US EPA.⁴⁷

These means were found to be significantly higher than next lower group at the 5% level using the Newman–Keuls test that tests multiple means.

Excludes extremities (upper 19%, lower 38%.