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Table 6.2 (continued)

Mean
ingestion
rate (mg/d)
( ∗ )

Median
ingestion
rate (mg/d)
( ∗ )

Data
used

Number of
children

Age
(years)

Season/
climate References Area Duration Method

Stanek and
Calabrese
( 2000 )

31 17 Idem Calabrese et al. ( 1997 )+

assumption of a lognormal
distribution for the soil
ingestion estimates to
predict average soil
ingestion over a longer time
period

Binder et al.
( 1986 )

Binder
et al.
( 1986 )

59 1-3 108 Residents living

near a lead
smelter in East
Helena,
Montana.

Summer/modified
continental
climate with
warm, dry
summers and
moderately cold
winters; April
through July is
the rainy
season, while
late summer,
fall, and winter
are quite dry.

3-day period Analysis of excreta and soil

samples from the children's
yards, no distinguish
between ingestion of soil
and house dust; no
correction for the presence
of the tracer elements in
ingested foods or medicines

Thompson
and
Burmaster
( 1991 )

91 Idem Binder et al. ( 1986 )+

using the actual stool
weights of the study
participants instead of the
assumed stool weights