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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 9.

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

Type Flavor n n>LOD GM GSD Diffa
Ace
 Area Control 6 6 46.20 11.31 A
Handling 53 52 43.31 3.95 A
Production 46 46 80.66 8.05 A
 Personal Handling 41 40 54.94 4.76 A
Production 32 32 78.07 6.59 A
Ben
 Area Control 6 6 80.52 9.69 A
Handling 53 34 2.82 8.83 B
Production 46 33 3.86 6.79 B
 Personal Handling 41 34 2.66 5.75 A
Production 32 26 8.66 10.25 B
Iso
 Area Control 6 4 5.28 3.98 A,B
Handling 53 33 4.62 12.01 A
Production 46 40 14.54 7.78 B
 Personal Handling 41 27 5.74 12.68 A
Production 32 27 11.63 7.20 A
Pro
 Area Control 6 5 4.81 10.53 A
Handling 53 43 3.55 3.35 A
Production 46 33 2.83 4.88 A
 Personal Handling 41 34 3.74 4.69 A
Production 32 25 3.61 6.24 A
Fur
 Area Control 6 4 6.06 9.68 A
Handling 53 38 7.45 10.40 A
Production 46 18 5.51 10.87 A
 Personal Handling 41 28 5.78 8.52 A
Production 32 19 4.44 7.36 A
RP
 Area Handling 33 29 69.82 2.96 A
Production 10 4 133.74 4.56 A
 Personal Handling 25 13 86.25 3.17 A
Production 4 2 258.99 3.78 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.