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Table 2 Correlation coefficients (r) obtained from the linear regressions between GM-CSF secretion and the mass of each chemical species within the different size fractions for isomass exposures (1 μg/cm2 and 10 μg/cm2).

From: Size-partitioning of an urban aerosol to identify particle determinants involved in the proinflammatory response induced in airway epithelial cells

 

EC

OC

WIOM

WSOM

NO 3 -

NH 4 +

nssSO 4 2-

Sea Salt

Dust

UF

0,654

0,628

0,626

0,470

0,587

0,078

0,242

0,308

0,312

F

0,573

0,710

0,626

0,611

0,352

0,247

0,236

0,679

0,530

I

0,696

0,659

0,676

0,620

0,485

0,546

0,816

0,168

0,692

C

0,152

0,105

0,192

0,184

0,301

-0,021

0,281

0,434

0,501

Total

0,618

0,505

0,412

0,631

0,069

0,282

0,350

-0,163

-0,163

  1. n = 14 for each size fraction