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Table 1 Percentiles of long-term exposure to dioxin-like compounds in adults living in Belgium, Netherlands, France, UK and Spain obtained via two classification systems

From: Harmonisation of exposure assessment: a comparison between pan-European classification FoodEx-1 and national codes

 

Total dioxin-like compounds - Exposure (pg TEQ/kg bw/day)

 

Using national codes

Using FoodEx1 codes

 

P50

P90

P95

P99

P50

P90

P95

P99

Belgium

0.69

1.46

1.82

2.60

0.65

1.40

1.75

2.61

Netherlands

0.78

1.65

2.53

4.87

0.77

1.64

2.48

4.86

Spain

0.48

1.17

1.53

2.40

0.49

1.19

1.53

2.42

UK

0.99

1.55

1.76

2.23

0.99

1.55

1.75

2.16

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