Table 3 Air samples: location, date of sampling and analysis, asbestos concentration (ff/L) with limits of uncertainty. LOD = limit of detection.

From: Assessment of asbestos exposure in Kyrgyzstan through analysis of raw and processed materials, air samples and human lung tissue

Sample ID

Location

Sampling date

Analysis date

Sampling time (min)

Volume (m3)

Asbestos conc. (ff/L)

Theoretical uncertainty Conc. (ff/L) (C.I.95%)

Lower limit

Upper Limit

K19

Bishkek city

26/07/23

28/08/23

486

0,947

0,9

0,2

2,6

K20

Bishkek city

28/07/23

29/08/23

480

0,964

< LOD

00

2,1

K22

Bishkek city

26/07/23

30/08/23

481

0,982

< LOD

00

1,0

K_blk_1

West of Bishkek

29/07/23

01/09/23

582

1,178

0,9

0,1

3,4

K21

Kant town

22/07/23

28–29/08/2023

484

0,976

30,2

24,6

36,6

K23

Kant town

22/07/23

30/08/23

480

0,972

9,6

66

13,4

K24

Kant town

22/07/23

01/09/23

460

0,927

1,2

0,3

3,1