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Published in final edited form as: Res Rep Health Eff Inst. 2012 Dec;(172):5–82.

Table 9.

Correlations^a of VOC Data with EC and PM2.5 Data

	Loading Dock		Mechanic Shop		Yard Upwind

Compound	EC	PM_2.5	EC	PM_2.5	EC	PM_2.5
Trimethylpentane	0.53^b	0.56^b	0.41^b	0.21	0.52^b	0.37^b
Dimethylpentane	0.57^b	0.43^b	0.60^b	0.04	0.54^b	0.32^b
2-Methylhexane	0.54^b	0.40^b	0.56^b	0.06	0.60^b	0.35^b
Methylpentane	0.59^b	0.46^b	0.47	0.19	0.56^b	0.32^b
3-Methylhexane	0.57^b	0.45^b	0.56^b	0.04	0.59^b	0.35^b
Methylcyclohexane	0.54^b	0.50^b	0.61^b	0.19	0.63^b	0.44^b
Hexane	0.23	0.52^b	0.34	0.35	0.71^b	0.24^b
1,3-Butadiene	0.34^b	0.44^b	0.66^b	0.24	0.39^b	0.53^b
Benzene	0.57^b	0.63^b	0.67^b	0.34	0.59^b	0.35^b
Ethylbenzene	0.33^b	0.39^b	−0.13	−0.33	0.61^b	0.39^b
m&p-Xylenes	0.40^b	0.38^b	−0.13	−0.33	0.60^b	0.37^b
o-Xylene	0.42^b	0.40^b	−0.13	−0.33	0.62^b	0.40^b
Styrene	0.53^b	0.21	0.51^b	0.30	0.61^b	0.49^b
Toluene	0.09	0.32^b	0.55^b	0.22^b	0.61^b	0.39^b
MTBE	−0.13	0.51^b	0.44	0.06	0.39^b	0.53^b
Acetone	0.40^b	0.38^b	0.80^b	0.18	0.28^b	0.40^b
Acetaldehyde	0.12	0.70^b	0.18	0.57^b	0.24^b	0.27^b
Formaldehyde	0.24^b	0.51^b	0.91^b	0.47	0.28^b	0.26^b

^a

Nonparametric Spearman correlation coefficients.

^b

Significant at the 5% level.