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Estimated Distributions for Average Daily Consumption of Total and Self‐Caught Fish for Adults in Michigan Angler Households

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  • Donald M. Murray
  • David E. Burmaster

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Fish consumption rates play a critical role in the assessment of human health risks posed by the consumption of fish from chemically contaminated water bodies. Based on data from the 1989 Michigan Sport Anglers Fish Consumption Survey, we examined total fish consumption, consumption of self‐caught fish, and consumption of Great Lakes fish for all adults, men, women, and certain higher risk subgroups such as anglers. We present average daily consumption rates as compound probability distributions consisting of a Bernoulli trial (to distinguish those who ate fish from those who did not) combined with a distribution (both empirical and parametric) for those who ate fish. We found that the average daily consumption rates for adults who ate fish are reasonably well fit by lognormal distributions. The compound distributions may be used as input variables for Monte Carlo simulations in public health risk assessments.

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  • Donald M. Murray & David E. Burmaster, 1994. "Estimated Distributions for Average Daily Consumption of Total and Self‐Caught Fish for Adults in Michigan Angler Households," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 14(4), pages 513-519, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:14:y:1994:i:4:p:513-519
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1994.tb00267.x
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    1. Helen L. Jacobs & Henry D. Kahn & Kathleen A. Stralka & Dung B. Phan, 1998. "Estimates of per Capita Fish Consumption in the U.S. Based on the Continuing Survey of Food Intake by Individuals (CSFII)," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 18(3), pages 283-291, June.
    2. Charles N. Haas, 1997. "Importance of Distributional Form in Characterizing Inputs to Monte Carlo Risk Assessments," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 17(1), pages 107-113, February.
    3. Lisa M. Funk & Richard Sedman & Jill A. J. Beals & Robert Fountain, 1998. "Quantifying the Distribution of Inhalation Exposure in Human Populations: 2. Distributions of Time Spent by Adults, Adolescents, and Children at Home, at Work, and at School," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 18(1), pages 47-56, February.

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