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Table 6 Estimated daily exposure dose (DED) of NBFRs in house dust for five age groups in Shanghai, ng/kg bw/day

From: Novel brominated flame retardants in house dust from Shanghai, China: levels, temporal variation, and human exposure

Dust type

DEDi

DEDda

Infants

Toddlers

Children

Teenagers

Adults

Infants

Toddlers

Children

Teenagers

Adults

FD

 Mean

2.75

2.39

1.39

0.68

0.34

0.15

0.12

0.11

0.09

0.08

 Geomean

1.65

1.43

0.84

0.41

0.20

0.09

0.07

0.07

0.05

0.05

 5th

0.24

0.21

0.12

0.06

0.03

0.01

0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

 95th

9.10

7.92

4.62

2.24

1.12

0.49

0.40

0.37

0.30

0.27

ESD

 Mean

0.76

0.67

0.39

0.19

0.09

0.04

0.03

0.03

0.03

0.02

 Geomean

0.66

0.57

0.33

0.16

0.08

0.04

0.03

0.03

0.02

0.02

 5th

0.21

0.18

0.11

0.05

0.03

0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

 95th

2.26

1.97

1.15

0.56

0.28

0.12

0.10

0.09

0.07

0.07