Consumption of homegrown products does not increase dietary intake of arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury by young children living in an industrialized area of Germany

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 343, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 61-70

  Wilhelm, Michael ^a   Wittsiepe, Jürgen ^a   Schrey, Petra ^a   Hilbig, Annett ^b   Kersting, Mathilde ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Children; Dietary intake of contaminants; Dietary intake of food groups; Duplicate study; Lead; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION; SPECTROMETRY;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY (AAS); DIETARY INTAKES; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HOMEGROWN PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIALIZATION;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL;

DIET; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CEREAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FREEZE DRYING; GEOMETRY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; VEGETABLE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 18144416239     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.039     Document Type: Article

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