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Table 2 Daily personal exposures to trace metals

From: Trace metal exposure is associated with increased exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatic children

Exposure

N

Mean (SD)

Median

Interquartile Range

Minimum/Maximum

Minimum Detection Limit

Trace Metals (ng/m3)

 Al

211

61.4 (45.7)

49.4

54.2

0.24/267

0.0049

 As

86

1.01 (0.67)

0.91

0.79

0.12/3.12

0.0003

 Ba

172

10.3 (7.88)

8.66

9.42

0.15/36.6

0.0015

 Cr

186

3.45 (4.24)

2.08

2.98

0.01/28.8

0.0003

 Cu

210

11.9 (17.2)

6.44

10.4

0.53/128

0.0003

 Fe

215

68.3 (48.9)

53.2

59.4

8.22/353

0.0003

 Mg

182

14.6 (10.7)

11.7

15.1

0.25/50.9

0.0015

 Mn

207

2.68 (2.68)

2.06

2.21

0.08/28.8

0.0003

 Ni

176

1.03 (1.06)

0.77

0.90

0.01/8.71

0.0002

 S

217

271 (164)

231

179

41.5/1151

0.0010

 Sb

58

22.8 (15.3)

19.0

23.4

2.23/68.4

0.0167

 Sr

110

2.80 (3.04)

1.68

3.22

0.04/13.0

0.0004

 V

131

1.97 (1.49)

1.61

2.18

0.06/6.32

0.0004

 Zn

211

23.5 (27.2)

15.5

18.2

1.08/238

0.0009

Ambient temperature (°C)

215

21.1 (1.53)

21.0

2.00

16.0/26.0

 

Relative humidity

215

46.7 (13.0)

43.9

22.1

21.0/68.4

 
  1. The minimum detection limit (ng/m3) for the measurements was calculated using a flow rate of 4 LPM for 24 h filter samples