Table 6.
Correlations (Pearson coefficient) between the concentrations of elements and anions analyzed in the PM10 captured indoor and outdoor.
| Indoor Correlations |
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| As | Ni | Cd | Pb | Al | B | Zn | Mg | Sb | Fluoride | Chlorite | Chloride | Nitrate | Sulphate | ||
| Outdoor Correlations | As | 0.68** | -0.18 | -0.25 | 0.64** | -0.14 | 0.17 | 0.66** | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.34** | 0.15 | 0.18 | |
| Ni | 0.52** | -0.37 | -0.37** | 0.63** | -0.50** | -0.02 | 0.55** | -0.07 | 0.29* | 0.34* | 0.22 | 0.27* | 0.17 | ||
| Cd | 0.29 | 0.12 | 0.88** | -0.27* | 0.52** | 0.25 | -0.18 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.26 | 0.09 | -0.17 | -0.07 | ||
| Pb | 0.53** | 0.23* | 0.02 | -0.29* | 0.47** | 0.19 | -0.19 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 0.05 | -0.21 | -0.14 | ||
| Al | 0.36** | 0.37** | 0.14 | 0.23* | -0.30* | 0.36** | 0.89** | -0.28** | -0.06 | 0.20 | 0.07 | -0.05 | -0.21 | ||
| B | 0.27* | 0.01 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.46** | 0.53** | -0.18 | 0.36** | 0.20 | -0.15 | 0.17 | -0.12 | 0.10 | ||
| Zn | 0.66** | 0.25* | 0.44** | 0.24* | 0.29* | 0.59** | 0.35** | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.09 | 0.08 | -0.29* | -0.18 | ||
| Mg | 0.45** | 0.36** | 0.45** | 0.20 | 0.79** | 0.29* | 0.44** | -0.25* | -0.08 | 0.26 | 0.09 | -0.10 | -0.11 | ||
| Sb | 0.32** | 0.18 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.34** | 0.27* | 0.36** | -0.14 | 0.41** | 0.07 | 0.33* | ||
| Fluoride | 0.43** | 0.30** | 0.22 | 0.40** | 0.43** | 0.15 | 0.26* | 0.40** | 0.19 | 0.54** | 0.59** | 0.31* | 0.58** | ||
| Chlorite | 0.29* | 0.15 | 0.28 | -0.02 | 0.04 | -0.03 | 0.21 | 0.36** | 0.26* | 0.47** | 0.33* | 0.28* | 0.32** | ||
| Chloride | 0.12 | 0.24* | 0.36* | 0.14 | 0.02 | -0.31** | -0.11 | 0.37** | 0.04 | 0.36** | 0.41** | 0.47** | 0.72** | ||
| Nitrate | 0.04 | 0.18 | -0.06 | --- | 0.02 | -0.06 | -0.02 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.18 | -0.17 | 0.15 | 0.66** | ||
| Sulphate | 0.32* | 0.45** | 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.11 | -0.02 | 0.22 | 0.23* | 0.03 | 0.24* | -0.12 | 0.09 | 0.52** | ||
* Significative correlation; ** Good correlation.