Table 1 Values used to assess the inhalation risk of bioaerosols for adults.

From: The effect of medical face masks on inhalation risk of bacterial bioaerosols in hospital waste decontamination station

Parameter

Value

Reference

IR \({ }\left( {\frac{{m^{3} }}{day}} \right)\)

20

44,45

\(\left( {\frac{days}{{year}}} \right)\) EF

365

This study

ED (years)

\(\frac{{{12}}}{{{24}}}{{ \times 30}}\)

This study

BW (kg)

70

44,46

AT (days)

365 × 30

This study

RfC \({ }\left( {\frac{CFU}{{m^{3} }}} \right)\)

500

1,3,10,39,40

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