Table 5: Statistical distribution metrics of the chronic exposures (mg/kg-day) of lead, cadmium, arsenic mercury and *BaP of the vegetables consumed in the study area.
| Distribution metrics of exposure | |||||||
| Hazards | Min | Max | Mean | Mode | Median | 5th | 95th |
| Pb | 0.00 | 4.00 × 10-3 | 7.00 × 10-5 | 2.04 × 10-6 | 3.80 × 10-5 | 2.30 × 10-6 | 2.80 × 10-4 |
| Cd | 0.00 | 1.20 × 10-3 | 1.70 × 10-5 | 2.04 × 10-8 | 7.00 × 10-6 | 2.20 × 10-7 | 6.30 × 10-5 |
| As | 0.00 | 3.80 × 10-3 | 5.00 × 10-5 | 1.53 × 10-7 | 2.20 × 10-5 | 8.00 × 10-7 | 2.00 × 10-4 |
| Hg | 0.00 | 1.15 × 10-5 | 10.00 × 10-8 | 0.00 | 2.80 × 10-8 | 0.00 | 4.10 × 10-7 |
| BaP | 0.00 | 4.40 × 108 | 4.70 × 103 | 1.80 × 10-6 | 1.20 × 10-4 | 4.20 × 10-6 | 4.00 × 10-3 |
*BaP was determined as the sum of all the congeners of PAHs present in the vegetables.