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. 2022 Aug 11;194(9):665. doi: 10.1007/s10661-022-10297-0

Table 2.

Concentration (ng m−3) of PAHs in the indoor PM2.5 samples of households, carcinogenic PAHs are given in italic. (ND: not detected)

HH-1 HH-2 HH-3 HH-4 HH-5 HH-6 HH-7 HH-8 HH-9 HH-10
Naphthalene 6.2 5.4 7.0 6.1 6.2 5.1 4.7 5 5.8 5.6
2-methyl-naphthalene 5.6 4.5 6.2 5.8 6.2 5.4 4.6 4.7 6.5 5.3
1-methyl-naphthalene 5.5 1.9 2.4 2.5 6.1 2.2 1.9 1.85 2.7 2.3
Acenaphthylene 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4 ND 0.4 0.6 0.25 0.3 0.7
Acenaphthene 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.3 ND 0.2 0.2 0.15 0.2 0.2
Fluorene 1.1 0.8 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.85 0.9 0.8
Phenanthrene 6.7 6.5 7.0 7.9 5.4 5.5 6.1 5.5 4.4 5.3
Anthracene 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 7.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3
Fluoranthene 2.3 5.3 2.4 5.2 6.3 0.3 7.4 3 1.4 2.0
Pyrene 1.6 4.4 1.4 2.4 10.1 2.5 8.1 2.95 1.3 1.7
Benzo (a)anthracene 2.1 9.0 1.1 2.3 6.9 4.3 13.7 3.95 1.5 2.8
Chrysene 1.5 7.1 0.9 5.5 5.9 3.3 9.0 3.25 1.2 2.4
Benzo(b)fluoranthene 11.5 28.8 4.5 12.9 13.1 13.1 37.7 11.4 5.6 11.8
Benzo(k)fluoranthene 3.4 8.9 1.0 2.4 3.8 3.9 12.6 2.85 2.2 3.6
Benzo(e)pyrene 5.3 12.2 1.8 3.4 7.7 5.9 17.5 5.35 2.7 6.6
Benzo(a)pyrene 7.8 20.4 4.1 6.9 9.5 8.3 25.1 5.3 4.8 8.9
Dibenzo[a.h] anthracene 1.1 1.6 0.4 2.1 ND 0.5 1.7 0.75 0.3 0.8
Indeno1.2.3CD-Pyrene 4.4 11.8 2.4 4.0 5.4 4.9 14.4 2.95 2.6 5.1
Benzo(g.h.i)perylene 3.0 7.7 1.7 3.4 4.8 3.0 9.2 2.6 1.6 3.5
Total PAH 70.2 137.3 46.7 74.1 105.1 69.5 175.7 63 46.2 69.7