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Table 2 Cadmium level of local food (mg/kg) and daily intake of local food (g/day)

From: Exposure assessment of dietary cadmium: findings from shanghainese over 40 years, China

	Cadmium detection (mg/kg)^1*				2000 Survey^2*	Daily intake (g/day)
	Mean	Std	Median	P90	Mean	Mean	Std	Median	P90
Rice	0.023	0.031	0.009	0.09	0.008	208.5	102.6	200.0	300.0
Wheat	0.014	0.015	0.011	0.023		33.3	48.0	14.3	100.0
Coarse cereal	0.006	0.007	0.006	0.02		6.8	10.7	3.3	14.3
Tuber	0.002	0.001	0.001		0.015	7.4	11.4	1.7	24.3
Pork	0.018	0.035	0.002	0.1	0.572	27.6	39.9	14.3	55.0
Innard	0.278	0.607	0.001	0.006		0.5	1.7	0.0	1.7
Fatstock except pork	0.003	0.003	0.001	0.006		4.7	7.2	1.7	14.3
Poultry	0.002	0.001	0.001	0.003		11.5	15.6	7.1	28.6
Aquatic product	0.043	0.225	0.007	0.091	0.024	25.3	31.3	14.3	50.0
Egg	0.005	0.006	0.003	0.012	0.004	28.4	30.8	21.4	50.0
Milk	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.003	0.002	99.3	122.9	35.7	262.9
Dry bean	0.019	0.03	0.007	0.1	0.023	12.5	47.5	1.7	14.3
Fresh vegetable	0.025	0.05	0.005	0.17	0.026	205.3	106.7	200.0	300.0
Fruit	0.001	0.002	0.001	0.003	0.002	63.9	58.3	50.0	150.0

1* Cadmium detection data were from a Dietary Cadmium Exposure Assessment in Shanghai Adult Residents 2010 [16].
2* Mean data were cadmium levels in Shanghai in 2000 from a Chinese National Food Survey [18].

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