Table 1

Nitrogen dioxide concentrations (ppb) during DNC and non-DNC weeks, stratified by a priori traffic classification.

Category
Median concentration and range, DNC
Median concentration and range, non-DNC 1
Median concentration ratio (DNC/non-DNC) and range

1 – Hypothesized decrease (n = 7)
7 (3 – 16)
10 (6 – 20)
0.58 (0.27 – 2.0)
2 – Hypothesized increase (n = 9)
14 (7 – 19)
12 (3 – 15)
1.15 (0.51 – 1.88)
3 – Hypothesized no change (n = 11)
11 (6 – 19)
12 (7 – 17)
0.88 (0.82 – 1.23)
4 – Unclear impacts a priori (n = 7)
7 (6 – 9)
12 (4 – 18)
0.70 (0.38 – 2.4)

1 Average of concentration the week before and after the DNC

Levy et al. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2006 5:16   doi:10.1186/1476-069X-5-16

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