Update of Indicator PCB Levels in Food in Southern Italy: Assessment of the Dietary Exposure for Adult and Elderly Population

Table 5

Estimated intake of iPCBs’ comparison with other European surveys.

Food	Country	Total population	Adults	Elders	References
Fish and seafood	Italy	4.12	3.90–4.62	4.01–3.27	This study
	Austria	—	0.60–0.83	—	Mihats et al., [34]
	France	—	1.73	—	Sirot et al., [30]
	Greece	2.02–4.03	—	—	Stagakis et al., [40]
Fish	Italy	3.06	2.90–3.43	2.43–2.98	This study
	Greece	2.15–3.38	—	—	Renieri et al., [39]
Meat and meat products	Italy	2.91	2.81–3.29	2.10–2.47	This study
	France	—	0.28	—	Sirot et al., [30]
Meat	Italy	5.51	—	—	Barone et al., [13]
Chicken meat	Poland	17.7	—	—	Rusin et al., [41]
	Poland	2.1	—	—	Rusin et al., [41]
Milk and dairy products	Italy	3.18	3.15–3.43	2.85–3.09	This study
	Austria	—	1.34–1.74	—	Mihats et al., [34]
	France	—	0.35	—	Sirot et al., [30]
Cow milk	Poland	2.1	—	—	Rusin et al., [41]
	Poland	1.1	—	—	Rusin et al., [41]
Hen eggs	Italy	0.74	0.74–0.77	0.71–0.73	This study
	Italy	0.07–0.36	—	—	Castellani et al., [42]
	Austria	—	0.11–0.14	—	Mihats et al., [34]
	Poland	2.7	—	—	Rusin et al., [41]
	Poland	0.6	—	—	Rusin et al., [41]
Olive oil and fats	Italy	0.48	0.51	0.43	This study
	France	—	0.23	—	Sirot et al., [30]
Total diet study	Italy	11.43	11.63–12.11	9.60–10.50	This study
	Italy	—	10.9	—	Fattore et al., [14]
	Austria	—	2.6–3.2	—	Mihats et al., [34]
	Belgium	5.33	—	—	Cimenci et al., [33]
	France	—	2.78	—	Sirot et al., [30]
	France	—	7.7	—	Arnich et al., [35]
	Germany	—	5.6	—	Fromme et al., [36]
	Denmark	—	12.6	—	Fromberg et al., [37]
	Norway	5.2	—	—	Kvalem et al., [38]
	Europe	4.3–25.7	—	—	EFSA, [22, 43]