Dietary exposure to copper in the European Union and its assessment for EU regulatory risk assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 374, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 223-234

  Sadhra, Steven S ^a   Wheatley, Andrew D ^a   Cross, Hilary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary copper exposure; EU risk assessment; Exposure determinants

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; COPPER; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIETARY COPPER EXPOSURE; EU RISK ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE DETERMINANTS; HUMAN RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEALTH RISKS;

COPPER; DRINKING WATER;

COPPER; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD (REGULATION); TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COPPER; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33847255085     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.12.041     Document Type: Article

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