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. 2021 Jan 3;23(8):12252–12271. doi: 10.1007/s10668-020-01167-1

Table 4.

Health risk assessment due to PAHs exposure to children and adults over the study area

Exposure parameter Unit Child Adult
BWa kg 18 60
ATb years 70 70
IRc m3 day−1 10 20
EFd days year−1 365 365
EDb years 6 24
Age group Normal days Lockdown (1.0–4.0) Unlock down (1.0)
LADD (mg kg−1 day−1) ILCR LADD (mg kg−1 day−1) ILCR LADD (mg kg−1 day−1) ILCR
Children 7. 9 × 10−5 3.06 × 10−6 4.0 × 10−5 1.55 × 10−6 4.4 × 10−5 1.68 × 10−6
Adult 1.91 × 10−6 7.36 × 10−6 9.7 × 10−5 3.72 × 10−6 1.05 × 10−5 4.05 × 10−6

aICMR (2009)

bFerreira-Baptista and De-Miguel (2005)

cSoltani et al. (2015)

dKumar et al. (2013)

eUSEPA (2011)