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HUMAN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT<br />

4.2.2.3 Box plots<br />

A box plot is another approach for graphically describing the<br />

distribution of a measurements in an exposure study. Some details of<br />

box plots vary among users; however, all of them display the sample<br />

median, mean, 25th percentile and 75th percentile. Selected other<br />

values, such as 10th and 90th percentiles or 5th and 95th percentiles<br />

as well as the extremes (i.e., the minimum and maximum) of the<br />

distribution are displayed, too. Fig. 13 shows box plots of the blood<br />

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