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Table 1 PTE concentrations in the study site, basic data, toxic element, and geochemical background levels (number sample 115 per each PTE)

From: Human health risk exposure and ecological risk assessment of potentially toxic element pollution in agricultural soils in the district of Frydek Mistek, Czech Republic: a sample location approach

			PTEs (mg/kg)
	Mn	Ni	Pb	Zn	As	Cd	Cr	Cu
Mean	699.03	16.15	33.86	85.22	5.32	1.84	28.43	22.54
Median	664.39	13.75	30.10	75.47	4.57	1.61	26.90	19.68
Local background value^A	–	30.00	50.00	80.00	–	0.20	70.00	25.00
Finland^B	–	60.00	60.00	150.00	10.00	0.50	100.00	100.00
Austria^C	–	35.00	30.00	100.00	–	0.40	54.00	35.00
Spain^D	–	25.50	26.50	57.00	14.00	–	57.00	17.50
Sweden	411.00	13.00	18.00	65.00	3.80	0.17	22.00	17.00
Japan	–	26.00	24.00	89.00	–	0.33	58.00	48.00
Brazil	535.00	25.00	22.00	73.00	–	0.18	86.00	109.00
USA	550.00	19.00	19.00	60.00	7.20	< 0.01–41	54.00	25.00
UCC^b	900.00	20.00	15.00	70.00	1.80	0.10	100.00	17.30
WAV^a	488.00	29.00	27.00	70.00	6.83	0.41	59.50	38.90
EAV^c	524.00	37.00	32.00	68.10	11.60	0.28	94.80	17.30
Minimum	186.02	4.86	9.56	37.48	1.85	0.61	10.90	7.88
Maximum	1691.76	42.39	155.69	272.18	30.42	7.28	62.78	62.62
Range	1505.74	37.53	146.13	234.70	28.57	6.67	51.88	54.74
Standard Deviation	259.35	6.78	18.51	34.35	4.95	1.01	9.38	9.98
Kurtosis	1.37	2.49	18.80	7.32	11.77	10.45	2.69	4.90
Skewness	0.79	1.63	3.67	2.11	3.04	2.84	1.33	2.04
CV %	39.04	49.29	61.51	45.52	108.23	62.86	34.88	50.71

^aWorld average value (WAV)
^bUpper continental crust (UCC)
^cEuropean average value (WAV), [48] (page 41 and 42), coefficient of variability (CV) A [51], B [109], C [110], D [111]

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