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Table 6 Daily dose of E. coli ingested by farmers ingesting 10 – 100 mg of soil

From: A faecal exposure assessment of farm workers in Accra, Ghana: a cross sectional study

Soil quality (Log E. coli/g)

Soil ingested (mg)

Dose of E. coli ingested

  

Mean dose

95 % Confidence interval

Average soil concentration

102.3

10

1.8

0, 5

100

17.8

10, 27

Max. soil concentration

104.1

10

126

104, 149

100

1,259

1189, 1327