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. 2021 Oct 18;9(12):6903–6922. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.2633

TABLE 9.

Estimated daily intakes (EDI) and margin of exposure (MOE) for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) through consumption of smoked or grilled fish (a) and meat (b) products, in different countries

(a)
Country Type of food Estimated daily intake (ng/kg bw/day) Margin of exposure References
Benin Smoked fish BaP: 2.3‐809.9 BaP: 30,978‐86 Iko Afé et al. (2021)
PAH4: 12.0‐4,314.9 PAH4: 28,241‐79
Smoked‐dried fish BaP: 2.5‐1,974.8 BaP: 27,718‐35
PAH4: 17.4‐13,627.2 PAH4: 19,510‐25
Cambodia Smoked fish BaP: 1,407 BaP: 50 Douny et al. (2021)
PAH4: 5,773 PAH4: 59
China Grilled fish BaP: 0.2 BaP: 333,000 Wang et al. (2021)
PAH4: 1.0 PAH4: 336,000
Croatia Shellfish products BaP: ‐ BaP: 1,643,906 Bogdanovic et al. (2019)
PAH4: ‐ PAH4: 298,900
Nigeria Smoked fish BaP: 4‐52 BaP: 17,722‐1,346 Akpambang et al. (2009)
PAH4: ‐ PAH4: ‐
Turkey Grilled fish BaP: 0.2 BaP: 389 Sahin et al. (2020)
PAH4: 0.8 PAH4: 425
(b)
Country Type of food Estimated daily intake (ng/kg bw/day) Margin of exposure References
Benin Grilled pork BaP: 07‐235.7 BaP: 96,871‐297 Iko Afé et al. (2020)
PAH4: 4.1‐1,321.3 PAH4: 83,925‐257
China Grilled meat BaP: 0.5 BaP: ‐ Jiang et al. (2018)
PAH4: 4.0 PAH4: ‐
Croatia Smoked meat products BaP: ‐ BaP: 280,657 Bogdanovic et al. (2019)
PAH4: ‐ PAH4: 66,213
Denmark Home grilled meat (beef, pork, and chicken) BaP: ‐ BaP: ‐ Duedahl‐Olesen et al. (2015)
PAH4: 10 PAH4: 33,800
Egypt Grilled beef meat BaP: 290.5 BaP: ‐ Darwish  al. (2019
PAH4: ‐ PAH4: ‐
France Foodstuffs (28 different foods) BaP: 0.2 BaP: ‐ Veyrand et al. (2013)
PAH4: 1.5 PAH4: 230,000
Korea

Smoked meat products

(bacon, chicken, duck, pork, salmon, tuna, and turkey).

BaP: 0.014 BaP: 666,667 Kim et al. (2014)
PAH4: 0.038 PAH4: 265,957
Kuwait Grilled chicken BaP: 15.6 BaP: ‐ Alomirah et al. (2011)
PAH4: ‐ PAH4: ‐
Latvia Smoked meat products BaP: 5.4 BaP: 12,952 Rozentale et al. (2018)
PAH4: 35.9 PAH4: 9,475
Smoked meat (pork, pork breast, chop, speck, ham, and chicken) and meat products (sausages, small sausages, semi‐dry sausages, and roulette) BaP: 2.3 BaP: 30,606 Rozentale et al. (2015)
PAH4: 13.7 PAH4: 24,776
Nigeria Grilled meat BaP: 10.5‐14.0 BaP: 5,015‐6,652 Akpambang et al. (2009)
PAH4: ‐ PAH4: ‐
Turkey Grilled chicken BaP: ‐ BaP: ‐ Sahin et al. (2020)
PAH4: 1.8 PAH4: 190

Abbreviations: ‐, data not presented in the cited paper; PAH4, sum of benzo[a]pyrene, chrysene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, and benz[a]anthracene; bw, body weight.