Table 4 Recommended values of food and water ingestion rate in Korean and other countries’ exposure factor data.
From: Updated general exposure factors for risk assessment in the Korean population
Food group | Korea | China | Japan | Australia | Nordic | US | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(g/day) | (g/kg/day) | (g/day) | (g/day) | (g/day) | (g/day) | (g/kg/day) | |
Grains | 600.23 | 9.59 | 402.1 | 303.5 (M) 233.3 (F) | 340 | 214 | 2.1 (21–49 yrs) 1.7 (≥50 yrs) |
Vegetables | 425.82 | 6.76 | 325.3 | 435.4 (M) 404.1 (F) | 260 | 274 | 2.5 (21–49 yrs) 2.6 (≥50 yrs) |
Fruits | 187.01 | 3.02 | 45.0 | 103.7 (M) 127.6 (F) | 140 | 283 | 1.1 (21–49 yrs) 1.4 (≥50 yrs) |
Meat products | 116.69 | 1.83 | 73.9 | 98.9 (M) 72.3 (F) | 160 | 132 | 1.8 (21–49 yrs) 1.4 (≥50 yrs) |
Eggs | 27.08 | 0.43 | 23.7 | 44.7 (M) 38.1 (F) | 14 | 17 | – |
Fish and seafood | 84.50 | 1.33 | 29.6 | – | 26 | 22 | 0.23 (21–49 yrs) 0.25 (≥50 yrs) |
Nuts and seeds | 6.49 | 0.10 | – | – | 5.1 | – | – |
Milk and dairy | 85.06 | 1.38 | 26.5 | 112.7 (M) 122.8 (F) | 290 | – | 3.2 (≥21 yrs) |
Fats and oils | 8.73 | 0.14 | – | – | – | 35 | 0.8–1.2 |
Sugars | 10.18 | 0.16 | – | – | – | 34 | – |
Drinking watera | 1008.33 | 15.93 | 1505 | 668 (M) 666 (F) | 850 | 991–1201 | 858 (21–49 yrs) 902 (≥50 yrs) |
