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. 2016 Nov 3;177(2):258–266. doi: 10.1007/s12011-016-0884-z

Table 5.

Simulation of the consumer exposure with reference to Cd concentrations found in the tissue studied according to the provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) calculated for 70 kg person: 175 μg

Concentration used (μg/g w.w.) Weight of the total portion (100% PTWI) No. of 200 g portions Contribution of 4 meals to PTWI (%) Total weekly intake
(% PTWI)
Muscle (Q2 0.155) 1129 5.6 70.9 119–211
Muscle (max. 0.373) 469 2.3 171 219–311
Liver (Q2 0.474) 369 1.8 217 265–357
Liver (max. 1.92) 91.1 0.5 878 926–1018
Kidneys (Q2 2.73) 64.1 0.3 1249 1297–1389
Kidneys (max. 8.82) 19.9 0.1 4030 4078–4170

Simulation calculated for median (Q2) and maximum value noted (max.). Initial PTWI value is 2.5 μg/g body weight [55]. Total weekly intake includes 4 meals of product studied, general weekly intake taken from literature 48–140% [46, 56]