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. 2020 Oct 19;128(10):107006. doi: 10.1289/EHP6920

Table 2.

Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollutants and industrial air pollutant emissions.

Air pollutant Mean SD Percentiles of the distribution
Min. 25th 50th 75th 95th 99th Max.
Mean annual ambient concentration, estimated from satellite-based and land-use regression models
 Ambient PM2.5 (μg/m3) 6.79 2.11 0.95 5.03 6.80 8.80 9.70 10.33 14.20
 Ambient NO2 (μg/m3) 11.16 7.42 0.54 4.92 8.97 16.86 24.65 30.25 51.01
Mean annual ambient concentration from industrial emissions, estimated from dispersion modeling
 Industrial PM2.5 (μg/m3) 0.19 0.23 0 0.10 0.17 0.24 0.39 0.73 17.83
 Industrial NO2 (μg/m3) 1.14 0.91 0 0.50 0.96 1.58 2.72 3.95 33.47
 Industrial SO2 (μg/m3) 2.28 1.86 0 1.22 2.03 2.94 5.07 8.23 89.10

Note: Prenatal exposures correspond to annual average concentrations of air pollutants assigned using calendar year of birth and the six-digit residential postal code at time of delivery. Max., maximum; Min., minimum; NO2, nitrogen dioxide; PM2.5, fine particulate matter; SD, standard deviation; SO2, sulfur dioxide.