Errata to “Side-by-Side Comparison of Field Monitoring Methods for Hot Bitumen Emission Exposures: The German BGIA Method 6305, the U.S. NIOSH Method 5042, and the Total Organic Matter Method” [JOEH 7:712–725, 2010]

In the December 2010 article, Table II was published with several errors, and Table IV included only 19 of 29 data points. The corrected tables follow:

TABlE II Paving Site Comparison Data (n = 55 pairs)

Site Location/Date	Description	Sampling Time (hr)	Flow Rate (L/min)	TPM (NIOSH)	BSF (NIOSH)	TOM (HERITAGE)	AEROSOL (BGIA)	AEROSOL + VAPOR (BGIA)
						mg/m^3
Gelsenkirchen, Germany April 11, 2006	Mastic asphalt	3.37	2.00	2.31	1.61	7.01	3.12	4.26
		3.37	2.00	4.30	3.52	6.67	4.83	6.39
Dresden, Germany June 27, 2006	Indoor flooring	5.00	2.00	4.55	0.82	0.93	2.10	3.80
		5.17	2.00	2.15	0.17	1.91	0.98	2.40
		5.17	2.00	3.40	1.01	2.28	2.10	3.60
Bottrop, Germany July 3, 2006	Conventional bitumen paving	2.50	2.00	0.14	0.03	<0.84	1.10	3.20
		2.50	2.00	0.25	0.04	<0.84	0.80	3.10
		2.50	2.00	0.24	0.08	<0.84	0.56	1.80
Dillenburg Tunnel, Germany November 22, 2006	Paving machine	8.00	3.50	0.29	0.09	0.39	0.29	2.35
		2.00	3.50	0.41	0.16	4.81	1.03	4.55
		4.00	3.50	0.25	0.11	1.01	0.44	2.79
		4.00	3.50	0.23	0.13	0.58	0.44	3.08
	Bystander left	2.00	3.50	0.20	0.06	2.36	<0.74	7.05
	Bystander right	2.00	3.50	0.31	0.23	0.98	<0.74	6.90
Indianapolis, Indiana May 4, 2006	Screed area	6.00	1.99	1.61	1.19	6.98	0.88	10.07
		6.00	1.99	1.46	1.02	5.44	1.61	17.81
		6.00	2.01	1.19	0.88	7.56	1.31	19.86
	Operator area	6.00	2.02	0.31	0.14	1.51	0.58	3.07
		6.00	2.00	0.37	0.11	1.66	0.29	2.92
		6.00	2.00	0.33	0.09	1.44	0.29	2.77
Indianapolis, Indiana May 5, 2006	Screed area	5.42	2.03	0.65	0.50	6.75	0.58	5.99
		5.42	2.00	1.03	0.88	7.78	1.61	13.9
		5.42	2.01	1.00	0.85	7.41	1.17	16.9
	Operator area	5.42	1.95	0.14	0.05	1.15	0.28	2.19
		5.42	2.01	0.20	0.08	1.20	0.29	2.34
		5.42	2.02	0.13	0.04	1.43	0.28	1.90
Indianapolis, Indiana May 8, 2006	Screed area	6.00	2.01	0.13	<0.04	0.70	<0.24	1.31
		6.00	2.00	0.31	0.07	0.95	<0.24	1.17
		6.00	2.02	0.40	<0.04	0.67	<0.24	1.46
	Operator area	6.00	2.02	0.10	0.06	<0.50	<0.24	0.58
		6.00	2.01	0.10	0.06	<0.50	<0.24	0.73
		6.00	2.00	0.07	<0.04	<0.50	<0.24	1.17
Indianapolis, Indiana May 9, 2006	Screed area	6.00	1.97	0.24	0.06	2.15	<0.24	3.21
		6.00	2.00	0.20	<0.04	2.05	0.29	3.21
		6.00	2.01	0.22	<0.04	1.84	0.29	3.36
	Operator area	6.00	2.01	0.50	<0.04	1.01	< 0.24	1.61
		6.00	2.02	0.65	<0.04	0.94	< 0.24	1.46
		6.00	2.02	0.71	<0.04	1.00	< 0.24	1.31
Dusseldorf, Germany August 14, 2007	Conventional asphalt paving	8.00	2.00	0.04	0.01	2.73	0.07	3.60
		8.00	2.00	0.20	0.02	2.66	0.07	5.80
Ueberherrn, Germany August 21, 2007	Conventional asphalt paving	8.00	2.00	0.21	0.09	1.89	0.70	4.00
		8.00	2.00	1.58	1.56	5.23	2.20	13.1
		8.00	2.00	1.34	1.02	3.88	0.50	2.90
Mainz, Germany May 6, 2008	Tunnel	8.30	1.95	1.12	0.29	5.88	1.10	20.0
		8.27	1.95	1.34	0.47	3.12	1.60	14.8
		7.98	1.95	0.56	<0.04	1.25	0.20	5.00
		7.70	1.95	1.15	0.42	2.80	0.20	6.50
Feldmoching, Germany May 7–8, 2008	Polymer modified asphalt	3.50	2.07	0.08	<0.10	1.64	0.50	2.70
		4.55	2.05	0.07	<0.08	1.37	0.30	1.80
		2.97	2.07	0.15	0.11	3.04	0.60	4.90
		5.00	2.05	0.51	0.45	2.24	0.60	4.40
Gross-Gerau, Germany May 13–16, 2008	Open air	7.62	1.95	1.75	0.96	4.62	1.30	5.80
		7.55	1.95	0.53	0.15	0.46	0.70	4.10
		7.45	1.95	0.58	0.19	5.94	0.70	6.30
		7.45	1.95	0.17	0.06	3.02	0.20	0.80

TABlE IV Roofing Site Comparison Data (n = 29 pairs)

Site Location/Date	Description	Filter ID	Sampling Time (hr)	Flow Rate (L/min)	TPM (NIOSH)	BSF (NIOSH)	TOM (HERITAGE)	AEROSOL (BGIA)	AEROSOL + VAPOR (BGIA)
							mg/m^3
Burbach, Germany 11/18/2005	Production of bitumen-membrane	GMS 1	4.00	2.00	1.56	0.14	0.52	0.27	1.00
Ijlst, Netherlands 2/28/2006	Production of bitumen-membrane	GM 09	6.00	2.00	0.72	<0.04	2.48	0.35	2.41
		GM 03	6.00	2.00	1.46	<0.04	1.40	0.26	1.94
		GM 12	6.00	2.00	0.44	<0.04	<0.69	0.52	0.77
Groningen, Netherlands 3/1/2006	Production of bitumen-membrane	GM 15	3.92	2.00	1.36	<0.04	1.70	0.61	2.89
		GM 06	5.33	2.00	0.98	<0.04	1.38	0.52	1.81
		GM 11	5.25	2.00	0.92	<0.04	0.94	0.39	1.55
		GM 02	1.50	2.00	2.78	<0.04	<2.77	2.58	3.61
Verona, Italy 9/29/2006	Roofer	GM 103	2.50	2.00	0.54	0.13	0.25	<0.52	0.52
Helsingborg, Sweden 10/18/2006	Production of bitumen-membrane	GM 112	4.00	2.00	0.82	0.05	0.32	<0.32	0.77
Bremen, Germany 3/31/2008	Roofer	AF 38	2.00	2.00	0.18	0.13	<2.75	<0.43	<0.43
		AF 42	2.00	2.00	0.12	<0.33	<2.75	<0.43	<0.43
Altenstadt, Germany 4/4/2008	Roofer	AF 37	5.80	2.00	0.10	<0.05	<0.44	0.26	0.52
		AF 34	6.40	2.00	0.12	<0.05	<0.44	0.26	0.43
Augsburg,Germany 4/11/2008	Roofer	GM 31	6.00	2.00	0.69	0.17	<0.68	0.26	0.35
Pfullingen, Germany 4/17/2008	Roofer	AF 40	2.58	2.00	0.27	0.07	<1.10	0.69	1.12
Düsseldorf, Germany 4/23/2008	Roofer	AF 44	3.92	1.95	0.19	<0.09	<0.72	<0.22	<0.22
		AF 39	3.80	1.95	0.18	<0.09	<0.74	<0.22	<0.22
Neuss, Germany 4/30/2008	Roofer	AF 35	3.92	2.00	0.13	<0.09	<0.70	<0.22	<0.22
Leipzig, Germany 4/28/2008	Roofer	AF 32	4.17	2.00	0.11	<0.09	<0.70	<0.22	<0.22
Braunschweig, Germany 5/6/2008	Roofer	AF 36	1.22	2.00	0.39	0.14	<2.30	1.47	1.47
Gersthofen, Germany 5/9/08	Roofer	AF 20	4.00	2.00	0.09	<0.08	<0.65	<0.22	<0.22
Neumünster, Germany 5/5/08	Roofer	AF 41	7.00	2.00	0.23	0.10	<0.39	<0.12	<0.12
Gehrden, Germany 5/13/08	Roofer	AF 18	2.17	2.00	0.27	<0.15	<1.3	<0.20	<0.40
Strasbourg, France 5/27/08	Production of bitumen-membrane	AF 65	6.00	2.00	0.43	0.17	1.15	<0.15	1.73
Strasbourg, France 5/28/08	Roofer	AF 70	5.43	2.00	0.49	0.12	1.14	<0.15	0.52
		AF 57	5.88	2.00	0.45	0.39	0.17	<0.17	0.17
Strasbourg, France 5/29/08	Roofer	AF 68	4.07	2.00	0.98	0.29	0.54	<0.22	0.35
		AF 53	4.03	2.00	0.32	0.71	0.56	<0.22	0.35