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Table 3

Selected amounts of phenanthrene (Phe), pyrene, and benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) in various sources

	Phe	Pyrene	BaP
Coal tar ointment (μg/g)^a	1600	700	140
Coke plant air samples (μg/m³)^b (personal air sampler)	15.1–170.3	1.5–48.9	0.9–15.8
Cigarette smoke (ng/cigarette)^c	85–624	50–270	1–10

	Phe	Pyrene	BaP
Coal tar ointment (μg/g)^a	1600	700	140
Coke plant air samples (μg/m³)^b (personal air sampler)	15.1–170.3	1.5–48.9	0.9–15.8
Cigarette smoke (ng/cigarette)^c	85–624	50–270	1–10

From Ref. 58.

From Ref. 38.

From Ref. 59.