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. 2020 Aug 6;15(8):e0237100. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237100

Table 3. Exposure concentration levels of inhalable cobalt by job title, adjusted for the use of respirators.

Inhalable cobalt (mg/m3)
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