Table 3. Exposure concentration levels of inhalable cobalt by job title, adjusted for the use of respirators.
Inhalable cobalt (mg/m3) | ||||||||
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Job title | n | AM | Median | SD | GM | GSD | Min | Max |
Forming/prototype | 5 | 0.00094 | 0.00061 | 0.00050 | 0.00084 | 1.6 | 0.00058 | 0.0017 |
Lab | 5 | 0.00060 | 0.00037 | 0.00048 | 0.00046 | 2.3 | 0.00020 | 0.0013 |
Maintenance | 7 | 0.00089 | 0.00078 | 0.00056 | 0.00073 | 2.1 | 0.00022 | 0.0018 |
Powder | 15 | 0.0022 | 0.00090 | 0.0030 | 0.00084 | 4.5 | 0.00010 | 0.0092 |
Pressing | 39 | 0.0019 | 0.0011 | 0.0023 | 0.0011 | 2.8 | 0.00016 | 0.010 |
Total | 71 | 0.0017 | 0.00090 | 0.0022 | 0.00092 | 3.0 | 0.00010 | 0.010 |
n: number of measurements; AM: arithmetic mean; SD: standard deviation; GM: geometric mean; GSD: geometric standard deviation