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Table 1 Exposure dose and health risk of cultivable airborne bacteria and inhalable airborne bacteria in Beijing’s urban area

From: Health impacts of an extreme dust event: a case and risk assessment study on airborne bacteria in Beijing, China

 

Group

\(\overline{d }\) per breath (CFU)

Daily STI (CFU/person)

\(\frac{{HI}_{dust}}{{HI}_{non-dust}}\)

BD

DD

AD

BD

DD

AD

Cultivable bacteria

Men

0.09

22.63

1.43

45033.05

11729284.49

741522.38

1.42

Women

0.07

18.54

1.17

36891.48

9608735.88

607461.84

1.42

Children

0.04

9.72

0.61

19336.22

5036302.94

318393.79

1.42

Inhalable bacteria

Men

0.05

15.37

0.75

24018.19

7967625.26

390276.50

1.54

Women

0.04

12.59

0.62

19675.92

6527150.64

319718.04

1.54

Children

0.02

6.60

0.32

10312.90

3421127.23

167576.35

1.54