Food Safety Analysis of Milk and Beef in Southwestern Uganda

Table 4

Noncancer risk in Ugandan population.

Parameters	Cu	Zn	Pb	Fe	HI = ∑ THQ
	Mean target hazard quotient
Adult beef THQ levels	0.00617	0.0977	4.09008	0.0158	4.210
Children beef THQ levels	0.00863	0.137	1022.5	0.02213	1022.7
values of adults and children on beef levels	0.0986	0.0564	0.01292	0.0851	—
Adult milk THQ levels	0.00324	0.0513	2.116	0.00830	2.179
Children milk THQ levels	0.0096	0.1518	6.2648	0.0119	6.438
values of adults and children on beef levels	0.001	0.001	0.0801	0.0690	—