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Table 1 Description and distribution of variables and models for dietary exposure assessment of OP residues in tea infusion

From: Estimated assessment of cumulative dietary exposure to organophosphorus residues from tea infusion in China

Compound

Variables

Definition

Assumption/distribution/formula

Source

OPs

Conc Qp

Concentration in methamidophos equivalents of OPs in tea infusion (detected value)

Lognorm (0.052, 4.636)a

Monitoring data

Lognorm (0.003, 0.041)b

Lognorm (0.003, 0.151)c

Conc Qn

Concentration in methamidophos equivalents of OPs in tea infusion (undetected value)

Uniform (0, 0.105)a

Monitoring data

Uniform (0, 0.044)b

Uniform (0, 0.105)c

Conc * Qp

Concentrationin in methamidophos equivalents of OPs in tea infusion (detected value)

Lognorm (0.038, 2.987)a

Monitoring data

Lognorm (0.002, 0.019)b

Lognorm (0.001, 0.019)c

Conc * Qn

Concentration in methamidophos equivalents of OPs in tea infusion (undetected value)

Uniform (0, 0.447)a

Monitoring data

Uniform (0, 0.235)b

Uniform (0, 0.447)c

Pp

Rate of sample with detectable

10.11%a

Calculated

13.53%b

6.20%c

Pn

Rate of sample with undetectable

89.89%a

Calculated

86.47%b

93.80%c

Conc QC

Concentration in methamidophos equivalents of OPs in tea infusion

Discrete (ConcQp: ConcQn, Pp: Pn)

Calculated

TR

Transfer rate

87.4%

Based on the open scientific literatures to calculate

22.1%

2.8%

Cons

The consumption of tea

Invgauss (3.772, 0.721)a

China National Nutrient and Health Survey

Invgauss (4.474, 1.718)b

Invgauss (11.532, 10.870)c

BW

Body weight for tea consumers

Normal (55.1, 15.5)

China National Nutrient and Health Survey

  1. For Conc Qp and Conc Qn mark with an asterisk (*), RPFs were calculated based on CED at 20% AChE inhibition in rat brain, IC for OPs is methamidophos
  2. For Conc Qp and Conc Qn , RPFs were calculated based on BMDat 10% AChE inhibition in rat brain, IC for OPs is methamidophos
  3. The 87.4, 22.1 and 2.8% were TRs of soluble OPs, moderately soluble OPs and low soluble OPs, respectively
  4. aNon-fermented tea
  5. bSemi-fermented tea
  6. cFermented tea