Table 3.
Chronic daily intake (CDI, mg/kg/day) and target hazard quotient (THQ) values due to exposure of men, women, and children to fluoride in consumed tea based on 95 percent percentile obtained from Monte Carlo simulations.
| Reference | Con. (Max) | CDI | THQ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Children | Men | Women | Children | ||
| [23] | 0.36 | 9.23 × 10−3 | 2.84 × 10−4 | 1.96 × 10−5 | 0.154 | 4.73 × 10−3 | 3.26 × 10−4 |
| [26] | 2.63 | 6.74 × 10−2 | 2.07 × 10−3 | 1.43 × 10−4 | 1.12 | 3.46 × 10−2 | 2.39 × 10−3 |
| [27] | 1.36 | 3.49 × 10−2 | 1.07 × 10−3 | 7.40 × 10−5 | 0.581 | 1.79 × 10−2 | 1.23 × 10−3 |
| [28] | 2.09 | 5.36 × 10−2 | 1.65 × 10−3 | 1.14 × 10−4 | 0.893 | 2.75 × 10−2 | 1.90 × 10−3 |
| [17] | 1.8 | 4.62 × 10−2 | 1.42 × 10−3 | 9.79 × 10−5 | 0.769 | 2.37 × 10−2 | 1.63 × 10−3 |