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Table 2 PAH and BaP eq concentrations for the surgeons and ATs in the OR

From: Cancer risk of incremental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in electrocautery smoke for mastectomy personnel

PAH

TEF

Surgeon

 

AT

 

PAHGas

PAHParticle

PAHGas

PAHParticle

Naphthalene

0.001

1055

1.6

584

1.1

Acenaphthylene

0.001

5.8

ND

3.5

ND

Acenaphthene

0.001

19.9

ND

14.6

ND

Fluorene

0.001

55.4

0.8

42.2

0.5

Phenanthrene

0.001

84.3

3.2

68.3

2.2

Anthracene

0.01

22.2

5.6

16.7

4.0

Fluoranthene

0.001

18.9

3.8

14.2

2.7

Pyrene

0.001

17.8

5.4

13.3

4.1

Benzo[a]anthracene

0.1

ND

2.7

ND

1.3

Chrysene

0.01

ND

3.0

ND

1.4

Benzo[b]fluoranthene

0.1

ND

2.6

ND

1.3

Benzo[k]fluoranthene

0.1

ND

1.5

ND

0.7

BaP

1

ND

1.7

ND

1.1

Indeno[cd]pyrene

0.1

ND

1.8

ND

1.0

Dibenzo[ah]anthracene

5

ND

1.8

ND

1.1

Benzo[ghi]peryrene

0.01

ND

2.1

ND

1.5

BaPeq

1.5

11.4

0.9

7.2

Calculated lifetime cancer risk (×10-6) based on 24-hr exposurea

131

992

78

626

Risk of unit-hour exposure (×10-6)

46.8

29.3

Average operation time (hour/day)

2.5

9.2

Estimated lifetime cancer risk (×10-6)

117

270

  1. aCalculated risk based on BaPeq unit risk of 8.7 × 10-5 (ng/m3)-1. ND, not detected.