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Table 11-4. Incidence of lung tumors in Fischer 344 rats (males and females<br />

combined) exposed to diesel engine exhaust<br />

Dose metric<br />

Exposure Lung particle<br />

concentration Weekly exposure burden (mg/cm 2<br />

Lung tumor<br />

(mg/m 3 ) (mg/m3 X h)a lung surface)b incidencec<br />

0 0 0 4/250<br />

0.7 56 3.5 X 10 4<br />

2.2 176 4.2 x w- 3<br />

6.6 248 1.3 x w- 2<br />

•Exposures were 16 hours/day, 5 days/week.<br />

bCalculated using mathematical models listed in Appendix C.<br />

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