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. 2017 Jun 1;12(6):e0178449. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178449

Table 3. Effect of handling surface area on estimated intake when concentrations in thermal paper are low.

K = 1072 K = 1838 K = 21522
AF = 2.3% 85.9 ± 1.81 147.3 ± 3.11 1724.3 ± 36.4
AF = 8.6% 321.1 ± 6.78 550.6 ± 11.62 6447.2 ± 136.0
AF = 27% 1008.2 ± 21.3 1728.6 ± 36.47 20241.2 ± 427.1

Estimated exposure calculated using Eq 1, a single handling event, maximum handling time of 240 seconds and thermal paper concentrations of 211 μg/g, the geometric mean reported previously by Liao & Kannan [25]. Surface area was calculated using the values described in Fig 3B.