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Table 3 Spearman’s correlation coefficients for outdoor PM10 and SO2 and indoor respirable dust in ten selected schools in the study located in Gauteng and North West provinces, South Africa between 1 and 31 October 2012

From: Indoor and outdoor PM10 levels at schools located near mine dumps in Gauteng and North West Provinces, South Africa

Pollutants

Spearman correlation coefficients

Respirable dust

PM10

SO2

Respirable dust (μg/m3)

1.00

  

PM10 (μg/m3)

0.41 (<0.001)*

1.00

 

SO2 (ppb)

0.02 (0.675)

0.29 (0.004)*

1.00

  1. *p < 0.05; SO2: sulphur dioxide; PM10: particulate matter <10 μm in diameter