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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2013 Jan 16;23(4):442–449. doi: 10.1038/jes.2012.120

Table 4.

Geometric mean (%) arsenic intake from food and water, μg/day, non-seafood-eaters only, stratified by tap water As concentration above versus below the maximum contaminant limit (MCL) of 10 ppb.

Tap water As ≤ 10 ppb Tap water As > 10 ppb

Duplicate Diet Sample Diet diary and Schoof et al. (1999) Duplicate Diet Sample Diet diary and Schoof et al. (1999)
N 181 176 35 35
Dietary total As 12.87 (93.0%) 46.20 (95.2%) 15.23 (60.9%) 52.58 (74.3%)
Drinking water As 0.97 (7.0%) 0.97 (2.0%) 9.78 (39.1%) 9.78 (13.8%)
Cooking water As § 1.34 (2.8%) § 8.38 (11.8%)

Total As intake 13.84 48.51 25.01 70.74
Dietary inorganic As 7.09 (75.4%) 7.97 (30.5%)
Drinking water As 0.97 (10.3%) 9.78 (37.4%)
Cooking water As 1.34 (14.3%) 8.38 (32.1%)

Total Inorganic As intake 9.40 26.13
§

Duplicate food samples contain water used in preparation and cooking.