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Table 1 Studies with detectable personal breathing zone mass concentrations

From: Carbon nanotube dosimetry: from workplace exposure assessment to inhalation toxicology

Type of samples collected

Personal breathing zone mass concentrations (μg/m 3)

Study

Estimated inhalable mass

0.7 - 53

Maynard et al. 2004 [21]

Total gravimetric mass

N.D. - 331.7

Han et al. 2008 [19]

Total gravimetric mass

7.8 - 320.8

Lee et al. 2010 [20]

Total carbon-inhalable size fraction

64-1094

Methner et al. 2010 [25]

Elemental carbon- inhalable size fraction

N.D. - 38

Methner et al. 2012 [24]

Elemental carbon- inhalable size fraction

N.D. - 7.86

Dahm et al. 2012 [23]

Elemental carbon- respirable size fraction

45 - 80

Birch et al. 2011 [22]

  1. N.D. Represents non-detectable samples.