Table 4.
Exposure Method | PM size | n | Concentration (μg/m3) |
PM inhalation rate (μg/kg Bw/h) |
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Mean | SEM | Range | Mean | SEM | Range | |||
EAP inhalation | PM2.5 | 1 | 1.8 × 101 | 4.4 × 100 | ||||
PM10 | 8 | 8.9 × 101 | 2.5 × 101 | 2.2 × 101–2.2 × 102 | 3.7 × 100 | 9.0 × 101 | 8.0 × 10−1 - 8.5 × 100 | |
CAP inhalation | PM1 | 3 | 6.6 × 101 | 1.2 × 101 | 5.0 × 101–9.0 × 101 | 1.2 × 101 | 2.3 × 100 | 7.9 × 100–1.6 × 101 |
PM2.5 | 41 | 2.0 × 103 | 8.9 × 102 | 6.1 × 101–3.0 × 104 | 4.0 × 102 | 2.1 × 102 | 1.4 × 101–7.3 × 103 | |
PM10 | 3 | 3.7 × 103 | 3.2 × 103 | 1.0 × 102–1.0 × 104 | 1.4 × 102 | 1.2 × 102 | 3.8 × 100–3.8 × 102 | |
Intranasal instillation | PM2.5 | 18 | 3.6 × 104 | 1.5 × 104 | 7.0 × 102–1.8 × 105 | 7.8 × 103 | 3.0 × 103 | 1.7 × 102–4.0 × 104 |
PM10 | 5 | 2.3 × 104 | 1.3 × 104 | 5.5 × 101–5.5 × 104 | 1.7 × 103 | 9.5 × 102 | 4.0 × 100–4.0 × 103 | |
Intratracheal instillation | PM1 | 11 | 8.7 × 103 | 3.9 × 103 | 6.9 × 102–3.6 × 104 | 2.2 × 103 | 9.2 × 102 | 2.2 × 102–1.0 × 104 |
PM2.5 | 53 | 3.9 × 104 | 7.3 × 103 | 2.8 × 102–2.2 × 105 | 6.1 × 103 | 1.0 × 103 | 3.2 × 101–3.0 × 103 | |
PM10 | 12 | 6.9 × 104 | 1.4 × 104 | 5.3 × 103–1.4 × 105 | 4.1 × 103 | 1.0 × 103 | 2.0 × 102–1.0 × 104 |