3.2. Exposure assessment
The estimated mean exposure and the 95th percentile for the
individual NAs and the sum of NVNAs and VNAs are presented in
Fig. 1A/1C and 1B/1D, respectively.
The 4 to 5 year old children have the highest consumption of
processed meat (g kg bw−1 day−1) and therefore also the highest exposure
to NVNAs and VNAs, i.e. 90 ng kg bw−1 day−1 (mean 37 ng
kg bw−1 day−1) and 1.1 ng kg bw−1 day−1 (mean 0.45 ng kg bw−1 day−1),
respectively (Fig. 1A and 1B). The total exposure to NVNAs and VNAs