Difference between revisions of "Infant's dioxin exposure"

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     out <- expoRaw * f_ing * t0.5 / log(2) # Body burden in mother after long constant exposure
 
     out <- expoRaw * f_ing * t0.5 / log(2) # Body burden in mother after long constant exposure
 
     out <- out * f_mtoc / BF # Dioxin concentration in child
 
     out <- out * f_mtoc / BF # Dioxin concentration in child
    out <- log(out + 0.1) # Convert to logarithm for ERF compatibility (avoid log(0))
 
 
      
 
      
 
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     # Technical conversion

Latest revision as of 12:14, 1 June 2017



Question

How to measure infant's dioxin exposure due to fetal period and breast feeding?

Answer

Mother's exposure at level 100 pg /d (fairly typical amount) will lead to child's TEQ concentration of 44 pg /g fat (logTEQ 3.8).

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Rationale

Inputs

Parametres(-)
ObsParametreValueDescription
1TEQ half-life2737.5t0.5: 7.5 * 365, Dioxin half-life in adults (d)
2TEQ fraction absorbed0.8f_ing: 0.80, Fraction of dioxin ingested that is actually absorbed (-)
3TEQ fraction to child0.1 - 0.25f_mtoc: 0.25, Fraction of mother's dioxin burden that enters the child during breast-feeding in 6 mo. Alaluusua et Vartiainen (-)
4Body fat in infant1580BF: 0.2 * (7.692+8.141) / 2, body fat amount in the infant at six months of age (g) [[:op_en:Body weight of 0-24 months old Finnish children]].

Calculations

  • Ovariables initiated 19.5.2017 [1]
  • Updated 30.5.2017 [2]

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See also