Table 3 Descriptive statistics for the different exposure scenarios and the different instruments
PVC welding N = 25 | Candle-burning N = 125 | MIC welding N = 45 | Cooking N = 32 | |||
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#/cm3 | #/cm3 | #/cm3 | #/cm3 | |||
UFP | SMPS | AMa | 5.23 × 105 | 5.24 × 104 | 3.79 × 104 | 5.37 × 105 |
SDb | 3.78 × 105 | 7.79 × 103 | 2.83 × 104 | 3.33 × 105 | ||
GMc | 4.31 × 105 | 5.18 × 104 | 2.76 × 104 | 3.22 × 105 | ||
GSDd | 1.86 | 1.18 | 2.48 | 4.17 | ||
Mine | 1.36 × 105 | 2.76 × 104 | 2.32 × 103 | 5.97 × 103 | ||
Maxf | 1.71 × 106 | 6.97 × 104 | 1.46 × 105 | 9.72 × 105 | ||
Median | 4.48 × 105 | 5.24 × 104 | 3.54 × 104 | 5.73 × 105 | ||
IQRg | 2.21 × 105 | 9.52 × 103 | 2.54 × 104 | 5.86 × 105 | ||
FMPS | AM | 3.93 × 105 | 1.74 × 105 | 1.00 × 105 | 4.46 × 105 | |
SD | 1.77 × 105 | 1.89 × 104 | 3.37 × 104 | 2.45 × 105 | ||
GM | 3.62 × 105 | 1.72 × 105 | 9.39 × 104 | 3.33 × 105 | ||
GSD | 1.50 | 1.14 | 1.48 | 2.61 | ||
min | 1.62 × 105 | 8.28 × 104 | 2.18 × 104 | 3.42 × 104 | ||
max | 9.13 × 105 | 2.33 × 105 | 1.95 × 105 | 8.00 × 105 | ||
median | 3.70 × 105 | 1.77 × 105 | 9.65 × 104 | 4.72 × 105 | ||
IQR | 8.73 × 104 | 1.34 × 104 | 4.37 × 104 | 3.59 × 105 | ||
Nanoscan | AM | 7.55 × 105 | 8.11 × 104 | 7.64 × 104 | 8.47 × 105 | |
SD | 3.25 × 105 | 1.02 × 104 | 3.97 × 104 | 5.70 × 105 | ||
GM | 6.84 × 105 | 8.03 × 104 | 6.79 × 104 | 4.24 × 105 | ||
GSD | 1.63 | 1.15 | 1.85 | 5.29 | ||
min | 1.42 × 105 | 4.67 × 104 | 1.08 × 104 | 6.19 × 103 | ||
max | 1.56 × 106 | 1.13 × 105 | 1.84 × 105 | 1.62 × 106 | ||
median | 7.27 × 105 | 8.13 × 104 | 7.49 × 104 | 1.12 × 106 | ||
IQR | 2.23 × 105 | 8.71 × 103 | 4.34 × 104 | 1.05 × 106 | ||
Total | SMPS | AM | 1.04 × 106 | 5.29 × 104 | 1.59 × 105 | 9.19 × 105 |
SD | 3.42 × 105 | 7.53 × 103 | 1.03 × 105 | 6.11 × 105 | ||
GM | 9.66 × 105 | 5.23 × 104 | 9.87 × 104 | 5.12 × 105 | ||
GSD | 1.58 × 105 | 1.17 × 105 | 3.66 | 4.61 | ||
min | 1.48 × 105 | 2.92 × 104 | 3.08 × 103 | 6.53 × 103 | ||
max | 2.07 × 106 | 6.99 × 104 | 3.54 × 105 | 1.92 × 106 | ||
median | 1.02 × 106 | 5.27 × 104 | 1.61 × 105 | 1.05 × 106 | ||
IQR | 1.93 × 105 | 9.43 × 103 | 1.28 × 105 | 1.04 × 106 | ||
FMPS | AM | 5.57 × 105 | 1.75 × 105 | 4.38 × 105 | 5.86 × 105 | |
SD | 1.59 × 105 | 1.89 × 104 | 2.78 × 105 | 3.55 × 105 | ||
GM | 5.34 × 105 | 1.74 × 105 | 3.23 × 105 | 4.08 × 105 | ||
GSD | 1.37 | 1.14 | 2.54 | 2.94 | ||
min | 1.84 × 105 | 8.51 × 104 | 2.18 × 104 | 3.42 × 104 | ||
max | 9.70 × 105 | 2.35 × 105 | 9.86 × 105 | 1.14 × 106 | ||
median | 5.56 × 105 | 1.78 × 105 | 3.95 × 105 | 6.21 × 105 | ||
IQR | 9.21 × 104 | 1.29 × 104 | 3.75 × 105 | 5.41 × 105 | ||
Nanoscan | AM | 1.22 × 106 | 8.55 × 104 | 3.71 × 105 | 1.14 × 106 | |
SD | 3.22 × 105 | 1.05 × 104 | 2.23 × 105 | 8.08 × 105 | ||
GM | 1.14 × 106 | 8.48 × 104 | 2.83 × 105 | 5.50 × 105 | ||
GSD | 1.59 | 1.15 | 2.44 | 5.40 | ||
min | 1.50 × 105 | 4.98 × 104 | 1.72 × 104 | 6.83 × 103 | ||
max | 1.82 × 106 | 1.19 × 105 | 8.87 × 105 | 2.40 × 106 | ||
median | 1.25 × 106 | 8.57 × 104 | 3.26 × 105 | 1.47 × 106 | ||
IQR | 1.89 × 105 | 8.96 × 103 | 3.09 × 105 | 1.48 × 106 | ||
CPC | AM | 5.41 × 105 | 1.55 × 105 | 2.30 × 105 | 4.12 × 105 | |
SD | 9.10 × 104 | 1.50 × 104 | 1.21 × 105 | 1.93 × 105 | ||
GM | 5.30 × 105 | 1.54 × 105 | 1.74 × 105 | 3.09 × 105 | ||
GSD | 1.27 | 1.13 | 2.63 | 2.75 | ||
min | 2.16 × 105 | 8.54 × 104 | 5.24 × 103 | 2.52 × 104 | ||
max | 5.82 × 105 | 1.68 × 105 | 4.53 × 105 | 6.11 × 105 | ||
median | 5.70 × 105 | 1.59 × 105 | 2.26 × 105 | 5.14 × 105 | ||
IQR | 1.14 × 104 | 6.76 × 103 | 1.52 × 105 | 1.93 × 105 | ||
100–200 nm | SMPS | AM | 3.98 × 105 | 3.59 × 102 | 2.41 × 104 | 2.96 × 105 |
SD | 1.16 × 105 | 2.52 × 102 | 1.60 × 104 | 2.69 × 105 | ||
GM | 3.07 × 105 | 3.08 × 102 | 1.37 × 104 | 1.02 × 105 | ||
GSD | 3.90 | 1.68 | 4.37 | 7.90 | ||
min | 5.24 × 102 | 1.20 × 102 | 3.12 × 102 | 3.91 × 102 | ||
max | 5.43 × 105 | 1.59 × 103 | 5.51 × 104 | 7.99 × 105 | ||
median | 4.14 × 105 | 2.95 × 102 | 2.35 × 104 | 2.34 × 105 | ||
IQR | 6.24 × 104 | 1.60 × 102 | 2.63 × 104 | 4.47 × 105 | ||
FMPS | AM | 1.45 × 105 | 1.07 × 103 | 2.23 × 105 | 1.29 × 105 | |
SD | 4.68 × 104 | 2.80 × 102 | 1.76 × 105 | 1.28 × 105 | ||
GM | 1.24 × 105 | 1.03 × 103 | 5.43 × 104 | 2.38 × 104 | ||
GSD | 2.30 | 1.33 | 32.53 | 18.74 | ||
min | 2.94 × 103 | 3.90 × 102 | 5.00 × 100 | 1.00 × 102 | ||
max | 2.20 × 105 | 1.79 × 103 | 5.60 × 105 | 3.86 × 105 | ||
median | 1.61 × 105 | 1.05 × 103 | 1.94 × 105 | 8.65 × 104 | ||
IQR | 5.17 × 104 | 3.88 × 102 | 2.32 × 105 | 2.28 × 105 | ||
Nanoscan | AM | 4.32 × 105 | 3.56 × 103 | 1.37 × 105 | 2.63 × 105 | |
SD | 1.42 × 105 | 4.44 × 102 | 1.01 × 105 | 2.60 × 105 | ||
GM | 3.61 × 105 | 3.53 × 103 | 8.16 × 104 | 7.33 × 104 | ||
GSD | 2.54 | 1.14 | 3.94 | 8.65 | ||
min | 5.76 × 103 | 2.23 × 103 | 1.36 × 103 | 5.96 × 102 | ||
max | 5.97 × 105 | 4.86 × 103 | 3.70 × 105 | 7.52 × 105 | ||
median | 4.78 × 105 | 3.51 × 103 | 1.22 × 105 | 2.65 × 105 | ||
IQR | 9.41 × 104 | 5.44 × 102 | 1.41 × 105 | 4.96 × 105 | ||