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. 2017 Aug 15;5(3):17. doi: 10.3390/toxics5030017

Table 2.

BaPeq correlations of 16 EPA priority particle-phase PAHs (PM∑16BaPeq) with a BaPeq of 88 particle-phase PAHs (PM∑88BaPeq) and BaPeq of both particle- and gas-phase PAHs. The calculations were performed using Spearman’s correlation.

Project PM∑16BaPeq/PM∑88BaPeq PM∑16BaPeq/(PM + GAS)∑88BaPeq
r_Value p_Value r_Value p_Value
A-1 0.917 0.0000 0.841 0.0000
A-2 0.657 0.1562 0.829 0.0416
B-1 0.991 0.0000 0.936 0.0000
T-1 0.981 0.0000 0.848 0.0000
T-2 0.987 0.0000 0.919 0.0000
M-1 0.893 0.0068 0.857 0.0137
E-1 0.507 0.0000 0.054 0.6580
E-2 0.982 0.0000 0.688 0.0032
E-3 0.888 0.0000 0.857 0.0000
E-4 0.941 0.0000 0.838 0.0000
E-5 0.917 0.0005 0.917 0.0005
Mi-1 0.450 0.0803 −0.297 0.2639
Mi-2 0.943 0.0048 0.543 0.2657