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. 2014 Jul 8;48(15):8456–8464. doi: 10.1021/es502201s

Table 3. Personal and Indoor PM2.5 (μg/m3) Concentrations from Smoky Coal Burning Homes from Xuanwei and Fuyuan, by Coal Source.

      personal
indoor
county smoky coal subtype coal mine Na AMb GMb GSDb N AM GM GSD
Xuanwei coking coal   119 189 153 2.0 122 196 149 2.0
    Azhi 34 227 181 1.9 33 186 160 1.7
    Baoshan 12 210 168 2.2 12 246 193 2.1
    Laibin 28 153 132 2.1 30 220 152 2.2
    Tangtang 31 194 152 2.0 33 191 133 2.3
    Yangchang 14 142 125 1.6 14 135 124 1.5
Fuyuan overall   80 168 142c 1.8 88 169 138c 1.9
  coking coal   23 213 175d 1.9 27 188 154d 1.9
    Daping 9 111 104 1.5 10 87 83 1.4
    Enhong 9 241 208 1.8 11 250 222 1.7
    Haidan 5 348 329 1.4 6 242 221 1.7
  1/3 coking coal   13 183 165d 1.6 12 271 245 1.7
    Bagong 10 207 194 1.4 9 274 262 1.4
    Dahe 3 104 96 1.6 3 263 200 2.8
  gas fat coal   40 135 120d 1.6 39 117 107d 1.6
    Housuo 38 130 116 1.6 37 111 102 1.5
    Qingyun 2 237 237 1.0 2 236 235 1.1
  meager lean coal Gumu 4 138 96 2.8 4 196 149 2.0
a

Number of measurements is from households which exclusively burn smoky coal and report a coal source consistent with reported coal type.

b

AM = Arithmetic Mean, GM = Geometric Mean, GSD = Geometric Standard Deviation.

c

Significant (p < 0.05) variation between smoky coal subtypes sourced in Fuyuan via ANOVA test.

d

Significant (p < 0.05) variation between coal mines within identified smoky coal subtype via ANOVA test.