Skip to main content
. 2019 Aug 21;16(17):3028. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16173028

Table 6.

Hazard quotient (HQ) for different exposure pathways in soils, dust and foliar dust in different land-use types.

Children Urban Area Rural Area Industrial Area
Soil HQing 6.1810 × 10−3 1.2110 × 10−2 6.3510 × 10−3
HQinh 6.0510 × 10−7 1.1910 × 10−6 6.2110 × 10−7
HQdermal 7.5310 × 10−5 1.4810 × 10−4 7.7310 × 10−5
HI 6.2610 × 10−3 1.2310 × 10−2 6.4310 × 10−3
Road dust HQing 1.0710 × 10−2 1.6510 × 10−2 1.3210 × 10−2
HQinh 1.0510 × 10−6 1.6210 × 10−6 1.2910 × 10−6
HQdermal 1.3110 × 10−4 2.0110 × 10−4 1.6110 × 10−4
HI 1.0910 × 10−2 1.6710 × 10−2 1.3410 × 10−2
Foliar dust HQing 6.1610 × 10−3 3.0410 × 10−3 7.5810 × 10−3
HQinh 6.0310 × 10−7 2.9710 × 10−7 7.4210 × 10−7
HQdermal 7.5010 × 10−5 3.7010 × 10−5 9.2310 × 10−5
HI 6.2410 × 10−3 3.0810 × 10−3 7.6810 × 10−3
All media HI 2.3410 × 10−2 3.2110 × 10−2 2.7510 × 10−2
Adults
soil HQing 6.6210 × 10−4 1.3010 × 10−3 6.8010 × 10−4
HQinh 3.4110 × 10−7 6.6910 × 10−7 3.5010 × 10−7
HQdermal 1.0710 × 10−5 2.0910 × 10−5 1.1010 × 10−5
HI 6.7310 × 10−4 1.3210 × 10−3 6.9210 × 10−4
Road dust HQing 1.1510 × 10−3 1.7710 × 10−3 1.4110 × 10−3
HQinh 5.9310 × 10−7 9.1110 × 10−7 7.2810 × 10−7
HQdermal 1.8510 × 10−5 2.8510 × 10−5 2.2810 × 10−5
HI 1.1710 × 10−3 1.8010 × 10−3 1.4410 × 10−3
Foliar dust HQing 6.6010 × 10−4 3.2610 × 10−4 8.1210 × 10−4
HQinh 3.4010 × 10−7 1.6810 × 10−7 4.1810 × 10−7
HQdermal 1.0610 × 10−5 5.2410 × 10−6 1.3110 × 10−5
HI 6.7110 × 10−4 3.3110 × 10−4 8.2610 × 10−4
All media HI 2.5110 × 10−3 3.4510 × 10−3 2.9610 × 10−3