Table 1.

Minimum and maximum rates (calculated as 90% and 10% percentiles, respectively) of tentative TS parameters in six environmental data series. NoS, number of samples

Series No.	NoS		TSA1	TSA2	inCA	anCA	aiCA	SaiC
A	98	Max	0.37	4.18	0.22	0.36	1.91	3.61
		Min	0.11	1.85	0.10	0.10	0.97	1.66
B	48	Max	0.15	4.73	0.07	0.18	1.99	4.42
		Min	0.03	2.86	0.04	0.08	1.21	1.74
C	42	Max	1.39	10.49	0.29	1.32	6.38	10.28
		Min	0.27	2.97	0.13	0.25	1.67	2.91
D	9	Max	0.30	3.17	0.14	0.32	2.77	1.10
		Min	0.11	1.83	0.08	0.13	1.95	0.95
E	13	Max	0.68	5.99	0.27	0.72	2.91	0.91
		Min	0.36	3.31	0.20	0.33	1.29	0.75
F	16	Max	0.40	5.06	0.30	0.43	3.10	4.95
		Min	0.22	2.16	0.08	0.17	0.91	1.49
G	105	Max	0.21	3.17	0.12	0.23	1.67	1.32
		Min	0.04	1.12	0.03	0.03	0.63	0.55
H	21	Max	0.42	5.32	0.23	2.62	4.74	0.28
		Min	0.16	1.79	0.10	1.29	1.74	0.09
I	4	Max	0.14	1.79	0.15	0.12	1.05	1.40
		Min	0.10	1.10	0.10	0.10	0.76	1.03
J	5	Max	0.09	1.76	0.10	0.07	0.73	0.67
		Min	0.04	0.91	0.05	0.03	0.40	0.42
K	7	Max	0.14	2.35	0.18	0.11	0.82	1.65
		Min	0.03	0.64	0.05	0.03	0.60	0.66
Total	364	Maxi	1.39	10.49	0.30	1.32	6.38	10.28
		Mini	0.03	0.64	0.03	0.03	0.61	0.42
		Δi	1.36	9.85	0.27	1.29	5.77	9.86

Rem.: (A) PM₁₀, outdoors, Italian cities (from regional air pollution monitoring networks)

(B) PM₁₀, outdoors, urban, suburban and rural sites from Lazio region, Italy (ARPA Lazio network)

(C) PM_2.5, indoors, smoker’s home, Rome, Italy

(D) PM₁₀, outdoors, offshore sites (Mediterranean Sea)

(E) PM_2.5, indoors/outdoors, hospital, Rome, Italy

(F) Dust, indoors, smoker’s house, Rome, Italy

(G) Dust, indoors (homes, universities), Italian cities

(H) PM_2.5, school, indoors/outdoors, Rome, Italy

(I) PM₁₀, indoors (factory), Algiers, Algeria

(J) Dust, indoors (hospital), Rome, Italy

(K) Dust, indoors (homes, university, factory)), Algiers, Algeria