Health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds exposure near Daegu dyeing industrial complex in South Korea

BMC Public Health

Table 7 Health risk estimates for inhalation of VOCs in the exposed and the controlled areas (N = 310, Unit: μg/m³)

	Concentration (50% percentiles)	HQ or Cancer risk	Concentration (95% percentiles)	HQ or Cancer risk
Non-carcinogens
Toluene^a	94.48	0.02	721.49	0.14
Toluene^b	48.05	0.01	207.20	0.04
MEK^a	9.45	0.18E-2	34.81	0.01
MEK^b	9.63	0.19E-2	20.72	0.40E-2
m,p-Xylene^a	10.32	0.10	16.99	0.17
m,p-Xylene^b	7.80	0.08	21.58	0.22
o-Xylene^a	1.82	0.02	2.33	0.02
o-Xylene^b	5.23	0.05	10.37	0.10
DMF^a	13.34	0.44	60.57	2.02
DMF^b	6.31	0.21	10.36	0.35
Carcinogens
Chloroform^a	11.33	2.61E-04	22.58	5.19E-04
Chloroform^b	6.47	1.49E-04	12.18	2.80E-04
Ethylbenzene^a	1.82	4.55E-06	5.32	1.33E-05
Ethylbenzene^b	7.63	1.91E-05	20.35	5.09E-05

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