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. 2014 Mar 7;122(6):553–558. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1205909

Table 3.

Average daily levels of ambient air pollutants, overall and stratified by season.a

Pollutant Unit All year Warm season Cool season
Mean ± SD Median Mean ± SD Median Mean ± SD Median
PM2.5 μg/m3 8.6 ± 4.9 7.3 9.1 ± 5.6 7.4 8.2 ± 4.2 7.1
SO42– μg/m3 2.6 ± 2.1 2.0 2.9 ± 2.6 2.0 2.3 ± 1.4 2.0
BC μg/m3 0.62 ± 0.35 0.55 0.66 ± 0.33 0.62 0.60 ± 0.36 0.52
UFP 1,000/m3 15.3 ± 6.7 14.5 11.7 ± 4.5 10.6 18.2 ± 6.8 17.1
O3 ppb 24.5 ± 10.8 23.4 30.0 ± 10.7 29.1 19.4 ± 8.1 18.8
CO ppm 0.31 ± 0.14 0.30 0.30 ± 0.12 0.29 0.32 ± 0.16 0.30
NO ppb 13.2 ± 10.0 10.2 9.2 ± 4.4 8.3 16.8 ± 12.2 13.2
NO2 ppb 16.7 ± 5.6 15.9 14.7 ± 4.2 14.4 18.6 ± 6.1 18.1
aWarm season: April–September, cool season: October–March.