Table 5 Average daily dose (ADD), hazard quotient (HQ), and hazard index (HI) of different heavy metals at different sampling sites of the study area.

From: Assessment of environmental and carcinogenic health hazards from heavy metal contamination in sediments of wetlands

Sampling sites

Pb

Cr

Cu

Zn

HIA

HIC

ADDA

ADDC

HQA

HQC

ADDA

ADDC

HQA

HQC

ADDA

ADDC

HQA

HQC

ADDA

ADDC

HQA

HQC

Bhadrak

0.49

0.66

140.91

187.88

2.66

3.54

1.77

2.36

0.51

0.69

12.85

17.13

0.65

0.86

2.16

2.88

157.69

210.26

Chandaneswar

0.40

0.53

113.33

151.10

2.28

3.04

1.52

2.03

0.20

0.27

5.04

6.72

0.49

0.65

1.63

2.17

121.51

162.01

Chilika

0.60

0.81

172.70

230.26

1.23

1.64

0.82

1.09

0.47

0.62

11.63

15.50

0.76

1.02

2.55

3.40

187.69

250.26

Daringbadi

0.33

0.45

95.65

127.54

1.91

2.54

1.27

1.69

0.32

0.43

8.02

10.69

0.64

0.85

2.13

2.85

107.08

142.77

Hirakud

0.77

1.03

219.65

292.87

3.99

5.32

2.66

3.55

0.31

0.41

7.74

10.32

0.60

0.80

2.00

2.67

232.05

309.40

Koraput

0.23

0.31

66.64

88.86

2.12

2.82

1.41

1.88

0.49

0.65

12.21

16.28

0.83

1.11

2.77

3.70

83.03

110.71

Talcher

0.47

0.63

134.34

179.12

3.66

4.88

2.44

3.25

0.29

0.38

7.19

9.59

0.45

0.59

1.49

1.98

145.46

193.94

Titlagarh

0.55

0.73

157.00

209.34

1.88

2.50

1.25

1.67

0.45

0.60

11.22

14.96

0.79

1.06

2.64

3.52

172.12

229.49

  1. ADDA average daily dose for an adult, ADDC average daily dose for children, HQA hazard quotient for adults, HQC hazard quotient for children, HIA hazard index for adults, HIC hazard index for children.
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