Table 6. Rank correlation coefficients between inhalable cobalt adjusted for the use of respirators and cobalt in blood, urine and on skin.
Inhalable cobalt | Skin cobalt | Urine cobalt | |
---|---|---|---|
Blood cobalt | 0.40** | 0.36** | 0.44** |
Inhalable cobalt | - | 0.26* | 0.25** |
Skin cobalt | - | - | 0.17 |
*: Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed)
**: Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed)