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Table 2 Spearman correlation coefficients for 3-day moving average ambient air pollutant concentrations in Georgia, 2002- 2008a

From: Pediatric emergency department visits and ambient Air pollution in the U.S. State of Georgia: a case-crossover study

 

CO

NO2

O3

SO2

PM10

PM2.5

EC

OC

NH4+

NO3

CO

1

         

NO2

0.87

1

        

O3

−0.15

−0.12

1

       

SO2

0.56

0.59

−0.03

1

      

PM10

0.05

0.03

0.68

0.03

1

     

PM2.5

0.26

0.22

0.61

0.21

0.88

1

    

EC

0.81

0.76

0.01

0.53

0.31

0.45

1

   

OC

0.45

0.32

0.35

0.32

0.62

0.69

0.71

1

  

NH4+

0.17

0.17

0.53

0.16

0.74

0.87

0.28

0.40

1

 

NO3

0.42

0.36

−0.39

0.45

−0.21

−0.03

0.39

0.27

−0.05

1

SO42−

0.05

0.05

0.61

0.06

0.77

0.85

0.15

0.33

0.93

−0.28

  1. aThe 3-day moving average ambient air pollutant concentrations were calculated for 742 ZIP code areas in Georgia during 2002–2008 (n = 1897294)