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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2012 Jul 4;22(5):439–447. doi: 10.1038/jes.2012.23

Table 1.

PM mass concentrations for different types of samples.

N Min 1 Qt Mean 3 Qt Max
NY summer PM10 (μg/m3)
 CMS 91 4.08 7.59 14.67 17.71 51.99
 Outdoor 94 6.89 12.44 20.59 26.47 75.53
 Indoor 95 8.45 22.92 37.18 46.18 109.1
 Personal 91 8.45 38.81 71.09 92.42 260.1
NY summer PM2.5
 CMS 89 4.02 7.49 12.94 17.08 45.13
 Outdoor 91 5.54 10.14 18.58 24.27 62.00
 Indoor 96 5.63 15.93 28.83 38.13 95.19
NY winter PM10
 CMS 72 5.61 11.33 15.50 18.92 31.29
 Outdoor 86 4.28 12.92 18.83 23.79 42.75
 Indoor 11.22 19.68 28.72 32.66 32.66 106.2
 Personal 84 8.99 32.97 52.62 61.66 280.0
NY winter PM2.5
 CMS 76 2.58 8.09 13.17 17.79 29.92
 Outdoor 85 4.11 11.28 16.71 20.67 37.69
 Indoor 87 7.05 14.22 21.63 25.23 81.76
Seattle winter PM10
 CMS 166 2.83 8.42 18.13 26.07 51.00
 Outdoor 168 2.91 7.52 13.64 17.08 42.67
 Indoor 170 1.00 7.80 12.32 15.19 50.61
 Personal 141 1.75 16.34 30.18 37.31 108.1
Seattle winter PM2.5
 CMS 168 1.56 5.86 13.68 18.83 44.35
 Outdoor 166 2.50 4.99 10.70 13.97 35.59
 Indoor 172 1.57 4.33 7.55 8.81 37.30