Table 4 Statistical description of deterministically and probabilistically calculated hazard index (HI) for ingestion and dermal pathways in different age groups.
Age group | Pathways (ingestion + dermal) | Deterministic value | Risk certainty level (RCL) (%) | Probabilistic value | Risk certainty level (RCL) (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Median | SD | 5th percentile | 95th percentile | HI > 1 | Mean | Median | SD | 5th percentile | 95th percentile | HI > 1 | ||
Infants | \(HI_{{{\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } }}\) | 2.21E+00 | 1.22E+00 | 2.27E+00 | 1.70E−02 | 5.90E+00 | 51.85% | 9.05E−01 | 5.27E−01 | 2.49E+00 | − 7.45E−01 | 3.74E+00 | 34.03 |
Children | 1.43E+00 | 7.93E+00 | 1.47E+00 | 1.10E−02 | 3.83E+00 | 48.15% | 5.48E−01 | 3.35E−01 | 1.45E+00 | − 5.55E−01 | 2.24E+00 | 23.01 | |
Teens | 1.03E+00 | 5.72E−01 | 1.06E+00 | 7.95E−03 | 2.76E+00 | 40.74% | 3.84E−01 | 2.51E−01 | 1.02E+00 | − 3.92E01 | 1.54E+00 | 13.17 | |
Adults | 1.11E+00 | 6.16E−01 | 1.14E+00 | 8.56E−03 | 2.97E+00 | 40.74% | 3.52E−01 | 2.43E−01 | 9.26E−01 | − 3.72E−01 | 1.45E+00 | 11.62 | |
Infants | \(HI_{{{\text{F}}^{ - } }}\) | 1.41E+00 | 1.06E+00 | 8.87E−01 | 3.02E−01 | 2.82E+00 | 66.67% | 7.32E−01 | 4.92E−01 | 1.54E+00 | 4.18E−02 | 2.23E+00 | 24.17 |
Children | 9.17E−01 | 6.85E−01 | 5.75E−01 | 1.96E−01 | 1.83E+00 | 37.04% | 4.68E−01 | 3.53E−01 | 8.95E−01 | 3.15E−02 | 1.30E+00 | 10.56 | |
Teens | 6.62E−01 | 4.94E−01 | 4.15E−01 | 1.41E−01 | 1.32E+00 | 25.23% | 2.86E−01 | 2,04E−01 | 5.53E−01 | 9.34E−03 | 8.36E−01 | 2.00 | |
Adults | 7.13E−01 | 5.33E−01 | 4.47E−01 | 1.52E−01 | 1.42E+00 | 33.33% | 2.76E−01 | 2.02E−01 | 5.27E−01 | 9.34E−03 | 7.85E−01 | 1.25 | |
