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. 2025 Aug 22;15:30883. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-87875-y

Table 4.

Metal pollution index (MPI) for different PTEs, their target hazard quotient (THQ), and hazard index (HI) from consumption of seven fish collected from different cities at the Black Sea coast.

Criteria of Assesment HTEs MB PS EE TT MC MM SS
THQ Pb 2.65E-03 1.32E-03 1.32E-03 6.64E-04 1.99E-03 1.32E-03 6.64E-04
Ni 1.72E-03 5.31E-04 1.59E-03 5.31E-04 9.30E-04 3.98E-04 2.65E-04
Cd 7.97E-03 2.65E-03 1.86E-02 7.97E-03 5.31E-03 5.31E-03 5.31E-04
Al 7.83E-03 1.16E-03 8.26E-04 9.80E-04 1.59E-03 1.33E-03 6.21E-04
Cr 7.08E-06 1.77E-06 1.77E-06 1.77E-06 7.08E-06 1.77E-06 1.77E-06
Cu 4.18E-03 5.31E-03 1.08E-02 7.37E-03 5.44E-03 4.11E-03 1.00E-02
Fe 1.44E-02 3.76E-03 7.45E-03 5.27E-03 5.58E-03 2.83E-03 5.92E-03
Mn 2.63E-03 6.07E-04 4.08E-03 6.45E-04 6.64E-04 6.07E-04 3.41E-04
Zn 1.05E-02 9.91E-03 2.84E-02 1.78E-02 7.49E-03 7.74E-03 6.59E-03
HI 4.92E-02 2.52E-02 7.30E-02 4.12E-02 2.90E-02 2.26E-02 4.49E-02
MPI 6.85E-01 2.39E-01 4.57E-01 3.19E-01 3.22E-01 0.273 2.25E-01

THQ target hazard quotients, HI hazard index, MPI metal pollution index.