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. 2021 Jun 28;11:13370. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-92809-5

Table 3.

Exposure levels (mg m–3) of TD, RD, and RCS by company.

Companies N TDa RDb RCSc
GMd (GSDe) Range GM (GSD) Range GM (GSD) Range
A 30 0.082 (1.542) 0.052 ~  0.240 0.001 (1.988) 0.001 ~  0.007
B 30 0.033 (2.155) 0.004 ~  0.115 0.003 (2.457) 0.001 ~  0.015
C 5 0.042 (2.196) 0.014 ~  0.106 0.016 (1.757) 0.007 ~  0.027 0.002 (2.137) 0.001 ~  0.004
D 2 7.385 (2.337) 4.052, 13.460 0.350 (1.649) 0.246, 0.499 0.019 (1.507) 0.014, 0.024
E 12 0.162 (1.727) 0.058 ~  0.389 0.048 (1.578) 0.022 ~  0.104 0.003 (1.235) 0.002 ~  0.004
F 9 0.588 (1.454) 0.345 ~  0.978 0.065 (1.392) 0.040 ~  0.097 0.007 (1.462) 0.004 ~  0.013
G 2 1.040 (1.122) 1.128, 0.958 0.126 (1.332) 0.103, 0.154 0.003 (1.417) 0.002, 0.004
Total 90 0.278 (4.168) 0.014 ~  13.460 0.053 (2.205) 0.004 ~  0.499 0.0026 (2.383) 0.001 ~  0.024
Background levelf 0.028 (1.545) 0.0007

aTotal dust.

bRespirable dust.

cRespirable crystalline silica.

dGeometric mean.

eGeometric standard deviation.

fThe background RCS and RD concentrations are the values obtained by the authors of this study through another research project in 201824.