Table 3 Correlation coefficients among the concentrations of TSP and the constituents and the mutagenicity of TSP collected in March
From: Long-range transport of mutagens and other air pollutants from mainland East Asia to western Japan
Concentration | Mutagenicity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TSP | Fe | Pb | SO4 2− | NO3 − | Total PAHs | Without S9 mix | With S9 mix | |
Concentration | ||||||||
TSP | 1.000 | |||||||
Fe | 0.984 | 1.000 | ||||||
Pb | 0.914 | 0.901 | 1.000 | |||||
SO4 2− | 0.928 | 0.933 | 0.891 | 1.000 | ||||
NO3 − | 0.755 | 0.770 | 0.914 | 0.780 | 1.000 | |||
Total PAHs | 0.864 | 0.849 | 0.941 | 0.866 | 0.890 | 1.000 | ||
Mutagenicity | ||||||||
Without S9 mix | 0.567 | 0.577 | 0.804 | 0.602 | 0.936 | 0.830 | 1.000 | |
With S9 mix | 0.572 | 0.555 | 0.780 | 0.589 | 0.833 | 0.864 | 0.904 | 1.000 |