Medium | Environment Agency 2000 [33] (adult) | Aung et al. 2004 [41] (children) | Nakanishi et al. 2006 [9] (children 6Â years) | |||
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Lead concentration | Inhalation/ingestion rate | Lead concentration | Inhalation/ingestion rate | Lead concentration | Inhalation/ingestion ratea | |
Atmosphere | 0.073 μg/m3 | 15 m3/day | 0.045 μg/m3 | 8.75 m3/day | 0.0253 μg/m3 | 7.2 m3/day |
Inhalationb | 1.1 μg/day | 0.4 μg/day | 0.2 μg/day | |||
Diet | 44 μg/day | 4.79 μg/day | NA (28.3)d | |||
Drinking water | 0.01 μg/L | 2 L/day | 3.8 μg/L | 0.28 L/day | ||
2.3 μg/L | 0.28 L/day | |||||
Soil | 13 μg/g | 0.2 g/day (child) | 46.4 μg/g | 0.1 g/day | 13.2 μg/g | 0.087 g/day |
0.1Â g/day (adult) | ||||||
House dust | – | – | 117 μg/g | 0.1 g/day | ||
Oralc | 45.3 μg/day | 21.1 μg/day | 31.2 μg/daye |