| Title |
Estimating Freshwater Fish Intake for Human Health Risk Assessment Using Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| Authors |
곽진일 ( Jin Il Kwak ) ; 오경원 ( Kyung Won Oh ) ; 권상희 ( Sang Hui Kweon ) ; 안윤주 ( Youn Joo An ) |
| Keywords |
Fish intakes; Freshwater; Human health; Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Risk assessment |
| Abstract |
Freshwater fish intake is a critical parameter for deriving water quality criteria and water quality standards for protection of human health based on human health risk assessment. Although the freshwater fish intake parameter should be accurate and representative of Korean fish consumption for the water quality criteria to be reliable, data are limited in Korea and have low reliability. In this study, Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2008 2010 were analyzed to reeveluate freshwater fish consumption. Based on these results, an average consumption rate of 3.0 g/day per person, a 90 percentile consumption rate of 0.0 g/day per person, an average consumption rate of 65.7 g/day per fish consumer, and a 90 percentile consumption rate of 153.4 g/day per fish consumer were proposed for derivation of water quality criteria using a conservative approach and various exposure scenarios. |