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. 2021 Jan 18;28(20):25442–25459. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-12122-y

Table 3.

South Korea’s air quality standards

1-h concentration 24-h concentration Annual concentration
SO2 0.15 ppm 0.05 ppm 0.02 ppm
CO 25 ppm 9 ppm 9 ppm
O3 0.1 ppm 0.06 ppm 0.06 ppm
NO2 0.1 ppm 0.06 ppm 0.03 ppm
PM10 100μg/m3 100μg/m3 50μg/m3

Because CO and O3 do not have 24-h and annual standards available, the 8-h standard is used as the annual standard