Table 2 |
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Summary of water exposures |
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2a: Water Consumption |
Mean |
Min |
Percentile Distribution |
Max |
Consumed |
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Variable |
0.25 |
0.50 |
0.75 |
n |
% |
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HOME |
Tap water (filtered and unfiltered) (l/day) |
0.7 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
2.6 |
32 |
82.1 |
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Filtered tap water (l/day) |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
8 |
20.5 |
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Unfiltered tap water (l/day) |
0.5 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
2.6 |
24 |
61.5 |
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Tea (l/day) |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
2.4 |
22 |
56.4 |
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Coffee (l/day) |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.0 |
7 |
17.9 |
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Squash/cordial (l/day) |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
21 |
53.8 |
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Total tap water intake (l/day) |
1.5 |
0.0 |
0.7 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
4.2 |
36 |
92.3 |
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Bottled water (l/day) |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
4.0 |
7 |
17.9 |
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Total fluid intake (l/day) |
1.6 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
1.4 |
2.4 |
4.2 |
39 |
100.0 |
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WORK |
Tap water (filtered and unfiltered) (l/day) * |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
2.0 |
6 |
28.6 |
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Filtered tap water (l/day) * |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
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Unfiltered tap water (l/day) * |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
2.0 |
6 |
28.6 |
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Tea (l/day) * |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.0 |
6 |
28.6 |
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Coffee (l/day) * |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
5 |
23.8 |
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Squash/cordial (l/day) * |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.8 |
2 |
9.5 |
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Total tap water intake (l/day) * |
0.6 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
2.8 |
15 |
71.4 |
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Bottled water (l/day) * |
0.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
2.0 |
8 |
38.1 |
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Total fluid intake (l/day) * |
0.9 |
0.0 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
2.8 |
18 |
85.7 |
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ELSEWHERE |
Tap water (l/day) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
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Tea (l/day) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
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Coffee (l/day) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
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Squash/cordial (l/day) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
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Total tap water intake (l/day) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
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Bottled water (l/day) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1 |
2.6 |
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Total fluid intake (l/day) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1 |
2.6 |
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ALL |
Total tap water intake (l/day) |
1.8 |
0.0 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
2.4 |
5.8 |
37 |
94.9 |
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Total fluid intake (l/day) |
2.1 |
0.4 |
1.2 |
1.8 |
2.7 |
5.8 |
39 |
100.0 |
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2b: Showering, Bathing, Swimming |
Mean |
Min |
Percentile Distribution |
Max |
Activity carried out |
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Variable |
0.25 |
0.50 |
0.75 |
n |
% |
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SHOWERING & BATHING |
No. showers per week |
5 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
14 |
34 |
87.2 |
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Duration per shower (min) † |
16 |
5 |
10 |
15 |
20 |
60 |
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Showering (min/week) |
74 |
0 |
35 |
60 |
100 |
300 |
34 |
87.2 |
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No. baths per week |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
26 |
66.7 |
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Duration per bath (min) ‡ |
40 |
10 |
26 |
30 |
38 |
120 |
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Bathing (min/week) |
72 |
0 |
0 |
60 |
120 |
360 |
26 |
66.7 |
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Total time showering/bathing (min/week) |
146 |
35 |
73 |
110 |
185 |
540 |
39 |
100.0 |
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SWIM |
No. swimming sessions per week |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
15.4 |
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Duration per swim (min) § |
53 |
10 |
26 |
53 |
60 |
120 |
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Swimming (min/week) |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
120 |
6 |
15.4 |
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* amongst those who were employed (n = 21), † amongst those who reported at least one shower per week (n = 34), ‡ amongst those who reported at least one bath per week (n = 26), §amongst those who reported going swimming at least once per week (n = 6) |
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Smith et al. Environmental Health 2009 8(Suppl 1):S7 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-8-S1-S7 |
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