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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2019 Feb 6:10.1038/s41370-019-0119-4. doi: 10.1038/s41370-019-0119-4

Table 2 –

Reference doses for detected PAH analytes obtained from the November 2017 USEPA Regional Screening Level Table.

Analyte Reference dose (mg/kg-d)
Acenaphthene 6.0E-02
Acenaphthylenea 2.0E-02
Anthracene 3.0E-01
Fluoranthene 4.0E-02
Fluorene 4.0E-02
Naphthalene 2.0E-02
C1 Naphthaleneb 2.0E-02
Phenanthrenea 2.0E-02
C1 Phenanthreneb 2.0E-02
Pyrene 3.0E-02
C1 Pyreneb 3.0E-02
a

- No toxicity value. Toxicity value based on naphthalene (most toxic non-carcinogen)

b

- Parent compound toxicity was used for C1 homologues