Table 13 Daily personal BaP exposures of taxi drivers and controls in Genoa and mean daily airborne BaP concentrations (ng/m3) measured by three fixed samplers in different monitoring periods (after Piccardo et al. 2004)
From: Monitoring of environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: a review
No. samples | Mean ± SD | Geometric mean | Min | Max | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Personal exposure of taxi drivers | |||||
May–July 1998 | 15 | 1.04 ± 0.66 | 0.85 | 0.17 | 2.66 |
February 1999 | 7 | 1.23 ± 0.50 | 1.16 | 0.72 | 2.27 |
June 1999 | 7 | 1.22 ± 1.10 | 0.84 | 0.22 | 2.82 |
Personal exposure of controls | |||||
April 1999 | 5 | 0.16 ± 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.03 | 0.28 |
Fixed sampling stations | |||||
May–July 1998 | 13 | 1.05 ± 0.5 | 0.78 | 0.28 | 1.9 |
February 1999 | 5 | 1.52 ± 0.6 | 1.44 | 0.95 | 2.4 |
June 1999 | 4 | 1.16 ± 0.2 | 1.15 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
April 1999 | 3 | 1.17 ± 0.4 | 1.12 | 0.8 | 1.6 |