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Table 2 Air toxic exposure distributions (μg/m3) (Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium, 2011)

From: Airborne metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in relation to mammographic breast density

Air toxic

Minimum

25th percentile

50th percentile

75th percentile

Maximum

Arsenic

3.58E−06

3.08E−05

6.34E−05

1.20E−04

1.53E−03

Cadmium

5.16E−07

1.35E−05

3.02E−05

5.70E−05

2.43E−03

Chromium

6.32E−07

2.07E−05

6.60E−05

1.33E−04

3.49E−03

Cobalt

4.10E−05

4.30E−05

4.85E−05

5.59E−05

1.34E−03

Lead

2.49E−05

3.47E−04

6.42E−04

1.29E−03

4.02E−02

Manganese

1.91E−05

3.32E−04

5.56E−04

1.10E−03

6.17E−02

Mercury

1.03E−04

1.29E−03

1.49E−03

1.89E−03

1.58E−02

Nickel

9.60E−06

2.57E−04

5.27E−04

8.73E−04

3.71E−02

Selenium

2.00E−04

2.15E−04

2.87E−04

4.46E−04

3.74E−03

PAHs

1.53E−04

1.69E−03

3.15E−03

7.23E−03

6.66E−02