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Table 2 Internal adult exposure to pyrethroids stratified by education. Biomarker is 3-PBA in urine (µg/L)

From: A preliminary estimate of the environmental burden of disease associated with exposure to pyrethroid insecticides and ADHD in Europe based on human biomonitoring

Country

ISCED

N

P05

P10

P25

P50

P75

P90

P95

France

0–2

< 50

N.A.

 

3–4

< 50

N.A.

 

≥ 5

103

0.192

0.238

0.404

0.797

1.277

1.995

2.741

Iceland

0–2

< 50

N.A.

 

3–4

58

< LOQ

< LOQ

0.181

0.293

0.558

1.442

1.727

 

≥ 5

122

< LOQ

< LOQ

0.123

0.249

0.504

1.135

1.618

Switzerland

0–2

< 50

N.A.

 

3–4

69

0.100

0.126

0.230

0.520

0.840

1.646

2.176

 

≥ 5

223

< LOQ

0.110

0.180

0.350

0.650

1.098

1.476

Germany

≥ 5

180

< LOQ

< LOQ

0.128

0.210

0.363

0.544

0.770

Israel

0–2

< 50

N.A.

 

3–4

66

0.146

0.185

0.338

0.803

1.439

2.287

3.034

 

≥ 5

< 50

N.A.

  1. N.A.: data with N < 50 not available due to privacy considerations (GDPR); LOQ = 0.1 µg/L for all studies; ISCED = International Standard Classification of Education