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. 2020 Aug 20;17(17):6066. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176066

Table 3.

PM deposited mass (µg) in the respiratory tract (H: head; TB: tracheobronchial; P: pulmonary; total: H + TB + P) estimated across the micro-environments (MEs) visited by the commuter.

ME Winter Summer
Head TB P Total Head TB P Total
PM1 Walking (LT) 0.284 0.108 0.215 0.607 0.356 0.136 0.270 0.762
Walking (HT) 1.381 0.528 1.046 2.955 1.574 0.602 1.192 3.368
Bike 0.666 0.255 0.505 1.426 0.465 0.178 0.352 0.994
Car 0.231 0.088 0.175 0.495 0.136 0.052 0.103 0.291
Underground 2.155 0.824 1.632 4.611 0.636 0.243 0.481 1.360
Train 0.615 0.235 0.466 1.316 0.537 0.205 0.407 1.148
Indoor 0.918 0.351 0.695 1.964 0.852 0.326 0.646 1.824
Other 2.479 0.948 1.878 5.305 1.979 0.757 1.499 4.235
PM2.5 Walking (LT) 1.233 0.217 0.524 1.975 1.400 0.246 0.595 2.241
Walking (HT) 6.039 1.061 2.568 9.668 6.256 1.099 2.660 10.016
Bike 2.961 0.520 1.259 4.741 1.929 0.339 0.820 3.088
Car 0.923 0.162 0.393 1.478 0.553 0.097 0.235 0.885
Underground 10.966 1.927 4.662 17.555 3.207 0.563 1.363 5.134
Train 2.496 0.439 1.061 3.995 2.021 0.355 0.859 3.236
Indoor 4.048 0.711 1.721 6.480 3.427 0.602 1.457 5.486
Other 11.023 1.937 4.687 17.647 8.702 1.529 3.700 13.930
PM4 Walking (LT) 2.189 0.287 0.494 2.971 2.454 0.322 0.554 3.329
Walking (HT) 11.457 1.504 2.585 15.546 11.028 1.448 2.489 14.964
Bike 5.814 0.763 1.312 7.889 3.509 0.461 0.792 4.761
Car 1.510 0.198 0.341 2.049 0.930 0.122 0.210 1.261
Underground 21.110 2.771 4.764 28.644 6.103 0.801 1.377 8.281
Train 4.311 0.566 0.973 5.850 3.337 0.438 0.753 4.528
Indoor 7.425 0.975 1.676 10.076 5.968 0.783 1.347 8.099
Other 20.145 2.644 4.546 27.335 15.728 2.065 3.549 21.342
PM10 Walking (LT) 5.857 0.214 0.043 6.114 5.355 0.196 0.039 5.590
Walking (HT) 26.306 0.963 0.193 27.462 22.228 0.814 0.163 23.204
Bike 13.825 0.506 0.101 14.432 7.196 0.263 0.053 7.513
Car 2.524 0.092 0.018 2.635 1.609 0.059 0.012 1.679
Underground 44.346 1.624 0.325 46.295 12.666 0.464 0.093 13.223
Train 8.973 0.329 0.066 9.367 6.418 0.235 0.047 6.700
Indoor 16.018 0.586 0.117 16.722 11.533 0.422 0.084 12.039
Other 42.550 1.558 0.312 44.420 31.820 1.165 0.233 33.218