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Table 3 Human health ambient water quality criteria and exposure parameters for different populations

From: Distribution, health risk assessment, and water quality criteria of phthalate esters in Poyang Lake, China

Age group

Region

Body weight (kg)

Drinking water intake (L/d)

Fish intake (kg/d)

Consumption type

AWQC (μg/L)

DMP

DEP

DBP

BBP

DEHP

DnOP

Adult

Jiangxi Province, China

57.8a

2.090a

0.0263a

Consumption of water and fish

1.6 × 104

8.9 × 102

7.8 × 101

2.1 × 100

(1.0 × 103)d

1.6 × 10–1

(2.7 × 101)

3.8 × 100

     

Consumption of fish

2.3 × 104

1.1 × 103

9.1 × 101

2.4 × 100

(1.2 × 103)

1.8 × 10–1

(3.0 × 101)

4.1 × 100

Child (6–8)

 

26.0b

1.228b

0.0228b

Consumption of water and fish

9.4 × 103

5.0 × 102

4.2 × 101

1.1 × 100

(5.6 × 102)

8.6 × 10–2

(1.4 × 101)

2.0 × 100

     

Consumption of fish

1.2 × 104

5.8 × 102

4.7 × 101

1.3 × 100

(6.2 × 102)

9.1 × 10–2

(1.5 × 101)

2.1 × 100

Child (9–11)

 

35.0b

1.134b

0.0198b

Consumption of water and fish

1.4 × 104

7.6 × 102

6.6 × 101

1.8 × 100

(8.6 × 102)

1.3 × 10–1

(2.2 × 101)

3.1 × 100

     

Consumption of fish

1.9 × 104

9.0 × 102

7.3 × 101

2.0 × 100

(9.7 × 102)

1.4 × 10–1

(2.4 × 101)

3.3 × 100

Child (12–14)

 

43.2b

1.245b

0.0182b

Consumption of water and fish

1.8 × 104

9.9 × 102

8.6 × 101

2.3 × 100

(1.1 × 103)

1.8 × 10–1

(3.0 × 101)

4.2 × 100

     

Consumption of fish

2.5 × 104

1.2 × 103

9.8 × 101

2.6 × 100

(1.3 × 103)

1.9 × 10–1

(3.2 × 101)

4.4 × 100

Child (15–17)

 

51.6b

1.244b

0.0342b

Consumption of water and fish

1.4 × 104

7.2 × 102

6.1 × 101

1.6 × 100

(8.1 × 102)

1.2 × 10–1

(2.0 × 101)

2.9 × 100

     

Consumption of fish

1.7 × 104

8.1 × 102

6.6 × 101

1.8 × 100

(8.7 × 102)

1.3 × 10–1

(2.1 × 101)

3.0 × 100

Adultc

USA

80.0

2.4

0.022

Consumption of water and fish

2.0 × 103

6.0 × 102

2.0 × 101

1.0 × 10–1

(4.9 × 101)

3.2 × 10–1

(5.0 × 101)

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Consumption of fish

2.0 × 103

6.0 × 102

3.0 × 101

1.0 × 10–1

(5.0 × 101)

3.7 × 10–1

(6.0 × 101)

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  1. aData from the Exposure Factors Handbook of the Chinese Population (adults) [25]
  2. bData from the Exposure Factors Handbook of the Chinese Population (children 6–17 years) [26]
  3. cData from Update of human health ambient water quality criteria [36]
  4. dData in parenthesis were the AWQCs based on the noncarcinogenic effects for BBP and DEHP
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