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Table 1 Three-day moving averagea ambient air pollutant concentrations, temperature, and humidity

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

Pollutant

Mean (SD)

Range

IQRb

25th percentiles

75th percentiles

1-hr max CO (ppm)

0.36 (0.26)

0.06–4.47

0.22

0.20

0.42

1-hr max NO2 (ppb)

9.22 (9.62)

0.07–73.88

9.33

2.70

12.03

8-hr max O3 (ppb)

42.1 (12.6)

5.4–106.1

18.5

32.4

50.9

1-hr max SO2 (ppb)

6.12 (5.18)

−0.06–112.80

5.60

2.52

8.12

24-hr avg. PM10 (μg/m3)

22.5 (8.9)

5.5–198.1

11.5

16.0

27.6

24-hr avg. PM2.5 (μg/m3)

13.2 (5.7)

2.4–86.4

6.9

9.2

16.1

24-hr avg. EC (μg/m3)

0.66 (0.46)

0.03–7.79

0.48

0.35

0.83

24-hr avg. OC (μg/m3)

2.52 (1.25)

0.26–39.87

1.45

1.65

3.09

24-hr avg. NH4+ (μg/m3)

1.17 (0.64)

0.10–5.84

0.73

0.72

1.45

24-hr avg. NO3(μg/m3)

0.51 (0.45)

0.02–5.70

0.51

0.19

0.70

24-hr avg. SO42− (μg/m3)

3.95 (2.30)

0.46–22.55

2.72

2.28

5.00

Relative humidity (%)

60.2 (10.7)

21.4–93.2

14.8

52.8

67.6

Temperature (°C)

294.6 (8.2)

266.4–313.3

13.6

288.1

301.7

  1. aThe 3-day moving average was calculated for 742 ZIP code areas in Georgia during 2002–2008 (n = 1897294)
  2. bIQR was calculated as the difference between the 25th and 75th percentile of the 3-day moving average