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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2014 Jul 23;25(3):324–333. doi: 10.1038/jes.2014.52

Table 10.

Aldehyde and respirable particulate area and personal sample concentrations by flavor used (μg/m3).

Type Flavor n n>LOD GM GSD Diffa
Ace
 Area None 32 32 110.36 9.57 A
Flavor 56 56 38.53 4.21 B
Natural 17 16 60.23 4.73 A,B
 Personal None 18 18 155.2 6.19 A
Flavor 40 39 39.56 5.35 B
Natural 15 15 80.29 3.27 A,B
Ben
 Area None 32 21 4.89 13.32 A,B
Flavor 56 35 2.52 6.86 A
Natural 17 17 11.0 6.49 B
 Personal None 18 12 1.92 4.44 A
Flavor 40 34 4.66 8.71 A,B
Natural 15 14 10.95 9.32 B
Iso
 Area None 32 25 11.72 6.92 A
Flavor 56 37 3.28 7.18 B
Natural 17 15 57.56 13.54 C
 Personal None 18 13 17.18 9.79 A
Flavor 40 28 3.34 6.63 B
Natural 15 13 29.34 13.27 A
Pro
 Area None 32 21 4.75 6.56 A
Flavor 56 44 2.61 3.39 A
Natural 17 16 3.40 3.09 A
 Personal None 18 11 3.91 6.02 A
Flavor 40 34 3.11 5.03 A
Natural 15 14 5.38 5.38 A
Fur
 Area None 32 13 5.06 6.18 A
Flavor 56 33 6.15 14.01 A
Natural 17 14 11.96 8.71 A
 Personal None 18 10 6.72 6.23 A
Flavor 40 24 4.27 9.85 A
Natural 15 13 6.17 5.90 A
RP
 Area None 7 3 195.22 4.84 A
Flavor 33 19 63.56 2.97 A
Natural 3 2 155.38 1.23 A
 Personal None 6 3 248.16 3.99 A
Flavor 19 9 72.33 3.20 A
Natural 4 3 122.43 1.44 A

Abbreviations: Ace, acetaldehyde; Ben, benzaldehyde; Fur, 2-furaldehyde; Iso, isovaleraldehyde; Pro, propionaldehyde; RP, respirable particulate.

a

Levels with the same letter are not significantly different in a Tukey multiple comparison procedure with a level of significance of 0.05.