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Table 4 Ambient exposure estimates derived from NAPS monitors within 50 km of residential postal codes and spatiotemporal exposure models.

From: Spatiotemporal air pollution exposure assessment for a Canadian population-based lung cancer case-control study

Pollutant

N*

Mean

SD

Min

IQR

Max

NAPS Measurements ≤ 50 km

TSP (μg/m3)

4027

60.0

16.9

22.3

21.4

114.1

Modeled PM2.5 (μg/m3)a

4027

17.0

2.5

11.9

3.4

25.7

NO2 (ppb)

3649

23.4

6.0

6.0

7.6

37.8

O3 (ppb)b

4382

21.0

3.9

7.0

5.3

32.6

Spatiotemporal IDW Interpolation

PM2.5 (μg/m3)

6833

11.3

2.6

3.6

3.9

19.0

NO2 (ppb)

6919

15.3

8.8

1.1

14.5

43.4

O3 b(ppb)

6919

23.2

3.7

12.9

4.6

35.4

Linear Regression Models

PM2.5 (μg/m3)

6833

9.1

1.9

4.7

2.2

16.1

NO2 (ppb)

6919

17.7

4.1

13.1

5.0

35.1

O3 b (ppb)

6919

26.4

3.4

18.1

4.7

37.2

  1. *Number of individuals with ≥ 15 complete exposure-years
  2. a Modeled using TSP and CMA indicator variables as described previously in Table 1
  3. b Summer (May through September) O3