Table 2.

Estimation of the dietary intake for Hg, Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni, and Cr through swordfish consumption based on average concentrations.

	Hg	Cd	Pb	Zn	Cu	Ni	Cr
PTWI	4 1	7 2	25 3	-	-	-	-
EWI	0.93	0.19	0.13	-	-	-	-
DRIs	-	-	-	11 (men); 8 (women)	0.9	-	35 4 (men); 25 4 (women)
EDI	-	-	-	0.10	0.01	-	1.46 4
THQ	0.44	0.03	0.005	0.005	0.004	0.004	0.01

PTWI: Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake (μg kg⁻¹ body weight); EWI: Estimated Weekly Intake (μg kg⁻¹ body weight); DRIs: Dietary Reference Intakes (mg day⁻¹) [46]; EDI: Estimated Daily Intake; THQ: Target Hazard Quotient; ^1,2 [17,18]; ³ [19]; ⁴ μg day⁻¹.