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. 2021 May 10;14(7):1081–1095. doi: 10.1007/s11869-021-01004-y

Table 2.

The concentration of PAHs before and during lockdown

PAHs Abbreviation No. of rings Before lockdown During lockdown
Mean SD Mean SD
Naphthalene Nap 2 6.47 2.18 1.03 0.43
Acenaphthylene Acy 3 4.09 1.91 1.3 0.79
Acenaphthene Ace 3 5.86 1.7 1.34 0.42
Fluorene Flu 3 5.32 2.51 1.2 0.76
Phenanthrene Phe 3 9.23 2.27 1.15 0.15
Anthracene Ant 3 9.12 2.44 1.07 0.42
Fluoranthene Flua 4 8.81 1.78 1.73 0.96
Pyrene Pyr 4 6.92 1.05 1.39 0.45
Chrysene Chr 4 8.18 2.26 1.82 1.49
Benzo[a]anthracene BaA 4 6.16 1.98 1.79 1.6
Benzo[b]fluoranthene BbF 5 7.82 2.76 1.89 1.42
Benzo[k]fluoranthene BkF 5 8.56 2.97 1.46 0.79
Benzo[a]pyrene BaP 5 5.93 0.7 0.86 0.51
Dibenzo[ah]anthracene DBahA 5 5.46 0.65 1.83 1.29
Benzo[ghi]perylene B(ghi)P 6 4.95 1.43 1.53 0.76
Indeno[123-cd]pyrene IcP 6 5.83 1.57 1.8 1.2
∑PAH 108.71 27.77 23.19 11.21