Table 2.

The highest and lowest value of BMDL₁₀ (mg/kg bw/day) of different types of PAHs and HCAs on different genders at different durations of exposure

Chemical		Fluoranthene				Benzo[a]pyrene		MeIQx	PhIP
Gender		Ma	Fa	Ma	Fa	Mb	Fb	Mc	Md	Fd
Duration		6 months		9 months		104 weeks		56 weeks	104 weeks
Lung adenoma	Highest BMDL10	0.17	0.22	0.05	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Lowest BMDL10	0.08	0.09	0.01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lung adenocarcinoma	Highest BMDL10	0.30	0.52	0.19	0.29	-	-	-	-	-
	Lowest BMDL10	0.16	0.52	0.12	0.25	-	-	-	-	-
Stomach cancer	Highest BMDL10	-	-	-	-	-	2.68	-	-	-
	Lowest BMDL10	-	-	-	-	-	1.69	-	-	-
Liver cancer	Highest BMDL10	-	-	-	-	2.42	2.90	1.33	-	-
	Lowest BMDL10	-	-	-	-	2.03	2.56	1.09	-	-
Mammary cancer	Highest BMDL10	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	0.77
	Lowest BMDL10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.55
Leukemia	Highest BMDL10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.95	2.01
	Lowest BMDL10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.48	1.28
Colon cancer	Highest BMDL10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.91	2.90
	Lowest BMDL10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.96	0.82

Notes: M = male; F = female;

^aWang & Busby (30);

^bAaslyng et al. (16);

^cKushida et al. (29);

^dCarthew et al. (28)