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Table 5 Daily metals intakes estimate (DImetal) for vegetables from investigated areas

From: Heavy metals health risk assessment for population via consumption of vegetables grown in old mining area; a case study: Banat County, Romania

Vegetables/DImetal (mg day-1 person -1)

DI Fe

DI Mn

DI Zn

DI Cu

DI Ni

DI Cd

DI Pb

UL (mg day-1 person -1)

45

11.00

40.00

10.000

1.000

0.064

0.240

Recommended Daily Intake (mg day-1 person -1)

8(18)

2.3(1.8)

11(8)

0.900

0.500

0.000

0.00

Root vegetables and onion

Root parsley R

66.54

11.35

13.75

1.70

0.385

0.059

4.735

Root parsley M

29.70

2.43

2.32

2.06

0.146

0.012

0.198

Root parsley Ref

14.63

0.98

1.05

0.37

0.057

0.002

0.023

Root carrot R

8.99

0.92

1.48

0.46

0.055

0.024

0.633

Root carrot M

9.57

0.67

0.95

0.53

0.024

0.008

0.027

Root carrot Ref

5.19

0.43

0.62

0.22

0.013

0.003

0.017

Onion R

4.58

1.22

3.27

0.13

0.063

0.017

0.151

Onion M

1.40

0.40

0.60

0.41

0.004

0.003

0.040

Onion Ref

0.47

0.10

0.23

0.07

0.009

0.002

0.012

Leafy vegetables

Leaf parsley R

10.40

0.73

0.94

0.18

0.038

0.009

0.197

Leaf parsley M

10.67

0.97

1.04

0.48

0.187

0.005

0.050

Leaf parsley Ref

7.32

0.59

0.91

0.10

0.030

0.003

0.028

Leaf carrot R

3.16

0.31

0.38

0.03

0.017

0.001

0.020

Leaf carrot M

5.14

0.56

0.56

0.21

0.038

0.004

0.012

Leaf carrot Ref

1.42

0.14

0.14

0.04

0.011

0.001

0.003

Cabbage R

18.03

3.14

4.89

0.41

0.209

0.035

0.269

Cabbage M

9.46

2.74

2.55

0.83

0.099

0.018

0.074

Cabbage Ref

4.82

1.15

0.98

0.13

0.040

0.003

0.016

Lettuce R

10.76

2.50

4.34

0.56

0.085

0.028

0.185

Lettuce M

5.07

1.24

1.54

0.665

0.054

0.026

0.064

Lettuce Ref

4.08

1.04

1.60

0.23

0.031

0.005

0.023

Fruit vegetables

Cucumber R

0.72

2.02

2.69

0.29

0.083

0.039

0.215

Cucumber M

0.72

1.80

0.42

0.72

0.162

0.046

0.110

Cucumber Ref

0.51

0.14

0.28

0.14

0.068

0.009

0.049

Green Bean R

17.66

2.12

3.97

0.32

0.146

0.019

0.104

Green Bean M

8.00

2.03

3.05

0.43

0.157

0.020

0.058

Green Bean Ref

6.36

1.33

2.90

0.09

0.065

0.009

0.020