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water in comparison with the duration <strong>of</strong> the recreational event, considering howthis is carried out (Peluso et al., 2011b).0.725 0.425ESA ( H * BW *0.007184) * BP(11)WhereESA: Exposed Skin Area (cm 2 )H: Body Height (cm)BW: Body Weight (kg)BP: Bath Pattern (dimensionless)Table 4. Probability Distribution Model parameters and descriptive statistics <strong>of</strong> theexposure dose for the Human Health Effects estimation (based on Peluso et al.,2011b).Param. Fitted Dist. Min Max Mean SD Otherstevent a Min.Ext. 0 300 188.16 25.38EF b Gamma 0 54 19.91 14.34BW c Normal 23.5 44.5 33.56 5H d Normal 125 149 136 0.5BSA e Normal 9178.74 13341.96 11256.18 725.90BP f Triangular 0.072 1 0.49 0.19ESA g Beta 838.35 12014.88 5526.35 2216.89a Duration <strong>of</strong> the bath event (minutes)b Annual frequency <strong>of</strong> bathing days (days)c Body weight (Kg)d Body height (cm)e Body surface Area (cm 2 )f Bath pattern (dimensionless)g Exposed skin area (cm 2 )h ModeLike.218.15Loc.-0.11Mo h0.401α2.36Sc.62.24Sc.34.58β3.95<strong>The</strong> Absorbed dose per event (DAevent from Eq. 3) was estimated based on a steadystate approach from USEPA, which is a model that calculates the absorbed dosethrough the skin, relating the substance concentration, the permeability <strong>of</strong> thestratum corneum to the same event, and the duration <strong>of</strong> the recreational event(USEPA, 2007).<strong>The</strong> ADDI and ADDS calculations were made with Crystal Ball 7.1 s<strong>of</strong>tware(Decisioneering 2007a), applying Monte Carlo for simple random sampling for<strong>Academy</strong><strong>Publish</strong>.org - <strong>The</strong> <strong>Impact</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Pesticides</strong>252

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