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Table 3 Mean values for dietary daily intake (ID), margin of exposure (MOE), and Incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) in different meat products

From: Occurrence and exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in traditional dry-cured or smoked meat products from Brazil

Products

ID (ng/day)

MOE × 10+6

ILCR × 10–9 for PAH4

BaP

PAH4

PAH8

BaP

PAH4

PAH8

Adolescents

Adults

Seniors

Smoked and fresh sausage (n = 55)

1.65

24.35

29.95

2.59

0.85

1.00

4.10

9.22

5.43

Salami (n = 30)

0.10

1.10

1.40

43.14

18.89

21.35

5.30

11.91

7.01

Smoked bacon (n = 23)

0.11

1.41

1.72

40.40

14.76

17.39

7.79

17.50

10.31

Frankfurter sausage (n = 18)

0.28

2.19

3.69

15.52

9.49

8.10

3.82

8.59

5.06

Ham (n = 16)

0.11

0.75

1.21

39.67

27.65

24.65

2.53

5.68

3.34

Mortadella (n = 16)

0.15

1.47

2.41

28.46

14.11

12.38

2.79

6.27

3.69

Cured poultry breast (n = 15)

0.08

1.05

1.37

56.91

19.82

21.78

3.13

7.04

4.14

Hamburger (n = 15)

2.08

23.03

34.36

2.05

0.90

0.87

4.17

9.37

5.52

Coppa (n = 10)

0.10

1.59

1.91

44.24

13.01

15.65

3.09

6.94

4.08

Other products (n = 7)

0.98

1.51

1.81

43.08

13.71

16.49

3.42

7.69

4.53

  1. BaP benzo[a]pyrene, PAH4 BaA, Chr, BbF, and BaP, PAH8 PAH4, BkF benzo[k]fluoranthene, IcdP indeno[1,2,3-c,d]pyrene, DahA dibenz[a,h]anthracene, BghiP benzo[g,h,i]perylene