Table 2.

PCB and PCDDs/Fs concentrations in Asia since the year 2000.

PCBs
City	Country/Area (Sampling date; Reference)	No. b	No. c	Mean d pg/m3
Suwon	Korea/Urban (2010; this study)	19	180	Σ PCB = 233.60	Gas = 221.41
					Particle = 6.10
		19	7	ΣICES-PCB = 34.08	Gas = 32.06
					Particle = 0.63
		19	12	Σdl-PCB = 2.28 (0.006 pg-TEQ/m3)	Gas = 2.00 (0.004 pg-TEQ/m3)
					Particle = 0.15 (0.001 pg-TEQ/m3)
Ansan	Korea/Industrial (2010; this study)	11	180	ΣPCB = 274.15	Gas = 251.77
					Particle = 12.37
		11	7	Σ ICES-PCB = 36.45	Gas = 33.70
					Particle = 0.77
		11	12	Σdl-PCB = 4.24 (0.023 pg-TEQ/m3)	Gas = 3.66 (0.016 pg-TEQ/m3)
					Particle = 0.35 (0.004 pg-TEQ/m3)
Seoul	Korea/Urban (1999–2000; Yeo et al. 2004) [15]	14	41	ΣPCB = 130.41
Ansung	Korea/Rural (1999–2000; Yeo et al. 2004) [15]	14	41	ΣPCB = 39.65
30 Cities a	Korea/30 Areas (2008; Hogarh et al. 2011) [16]	30	202	ΣPCB = 155.77
58 Cities a	Japan/58 Areas (2008; Hogarh et al. 2011) [16]	58	202	ΣPCB = 315.02
Nationwide	Japan/102 Areas (2002; MOE, Japan. 2006) [17]	34	-	ΣPCB = 100.00
Nationwide	Japan/69 Areas (2003; MOE, Japan. 2006) [17]	69	-	ΣPCB = 260.00
Nationwide	Japan/74 Areas (2004; MOE, Japan. 2006) [17]	74	-	ΣPCB = 240.00
20 Cities	China/20 Areas (2008; Hogarh et al. 2011 a) [16]	20	202	ΣPCB = 1,512.58
Taichung	Taiwan/Subrural (2008;Hogarh et al. 2011 a) [16]	1	202	ΣPCB = 316.51
PCDDs/Fs
City	Country/Area (Sampling date; Reference)	No. b	No. c	Mean d I TEQ pg/m3
Suwon	Korea/Urban(2010; this study)	19	17	ΣPCDDs/Fs = 0.086	Σ PCDDs/Fs (gas) = 0.022
					Σ PCDDs/Fs (particle) = 0.055
Ansan	Korea/Industrial (2010; this study)	11	17	ΣPCDDs/Fs = 0.357	Σ PCDDs/Fs (gas) = 0.109
					Σ PCDDs/Fs (particle) = 0.201
Nationwide	Japan/48 Areas (2002; MOE, Japan. 2006) [17]	48	17	ΣPCDDs/Fs = 0.160
Nationwide	Japan/48 Areas (2003; MOE, Japan. 2006) [17]	48	17	ΣPCDDs/Fs = 0.077
Nationwide	Japan/48 Areas (2004; MOE, Japan. 2006) [17]	48	17	ΣPCDDs/Fs = 0.074
Shanghai	China/Urban-traffic center (2006; Li et al. 2008) [18]	7	17	ΣPCDDs/Fs = 0.289
Shanghiai	China/Industrial (2006; Li et al. 2008) [18]	7	17	ΣPCDDs/Fs = 0.497
Beijing e	China/Urban (2006; Li et al. 2008) [19]	12	17	ΣPCDDs/Fs = 0.268
Hangzohou	China/Agriculture-Urban (2007–2008; Xu et al. 2009) [20]	24	17	ΣPCDDs/Fs = 0.295
Guangzhou	China/Industrial (2004; Yu et al. 2006) [21]	6	17	ΣPCDDs/Fs = 0.769
Kaohsiung	Taiwan/Industrial (2005; Wang et al. 2009) [22]	40	17	ΣPCDDs/Fs = 0.074

Notes: ^a Data obtained by passive air sampler; ^b Number of samples; ^c Number of congener analysis; ^d Geometric mean (GM); ^e Arithmetic mean (AM).