Table 1. Daily intake and health risk assessment of the tested heavy metals due to ingestion of salted fish.
HI | Hg | As | Cd | Pb | |||||||||
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HQ | EDI | % | HQ | EDI | % | HQ | EDI | % | HQ | EDI | % | ||
0.251 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0 | 0.195 | 0.651 | 90 | 0.021 | 0.021 | 5 | 0.033 | 0.132 | 0 | Salted sardine |
0.868 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0 | 0.769 | 2.565 | 100 | 0.042 | 0.042 | 55 | 0.055 | 0.223 | 15 | Feseikh |
0.673 | 0.004 | 0.008 | 0 | 0.579 | 1.932 | 100 | 0.035 | 0.035 | 40 | 0.055 | 0.221 | 20 | Sahlia |
0.581 | NA | NA | 0 | 0.391 | 1.301 | 100 | 0.065 | 0.065 | 95 | 0.125 | 0.501 | 100 | Herrings |