Research Article
Monitoring of the Deposition of PAHs and Metals Produced by a Steel Plant in Taranto (Italy)
Table 6
Correlation coefficients among PAHs and metals collected at the urban background site.
| | BaA | BbF | BkF | BaP | IP | BgP | DBaA | Fe | Mn | Ni | As | Cd |
| BaA | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.90 | 0.96 | 0.90 | 0.63 | −0.43 | −0.42 | −0.50 | −0.01 | −0.18 | BbF | | 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.92 | 0.96 | 0.91 | 0.66 | −0.35 | −0.33 | −0.45 | 0.11 | −0.31 | BkF | | | 1.00 | 0.85 | 0.91 | 0.82 | 0.48 | −0.53 | −0.50 | −0.57 | −0.11 | −0.07 | BaP | | | | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.92 | 0.76 | −0.41 | −0.39 | −0.59 | 0.00 | −0.36 | IP | | | | | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.79 | −0.44 | −0.44 | −0.55 | −0.06 | −0.29 | BgP | | | | | | 1.00 | 0.82 | −0.23 | −0.29 | −0.36 | 0.05 | −0.33 | DBaA | | | | | | | 1.00 | −0.11 | −0.11 | −0.40 | 0.13 | −0.33 | Fe | | | | | | | | 1.00 | 0.95 | 0.84 | 0.79 | 0.01 | Mn | | | | | | | | | 1.00 | 0.69 | 0.86 | 0.15 | Ni | | | | | | | | | | 1.00 | 0.51 | −0.10 | As | | | | | | | | | | | 1.00 | −0.17 | Cd | | | | | | | | | | | | 1.00 |
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