Dietary exposure to metals and other elements in the 2006 UK total diet study and some trends over the last 30 years

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1380-1404

  Rose, M ^a   Baxter, M ^a   Brereton, N ^a   Baskaran, C ^b  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Inductively coupled mass spectrometry (icp ms); Metals analysis icp ms; Risk assessment; Total diet studies; Toxic elements; Trace elements; Trace elements (toxic)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BAKERIES; BARIUM; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; HEAVY METALS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; MANGANESE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED MASS SPECTROMETRIES; METALS ANALYSIS - ICP/MS; TOTAL DIET STUDIES; TOXIC ELEMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS (TOXIC);

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BISMUTH; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; GERMANIUM; INDIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; RHODIUM; RUTHENIUM; SELENIUM; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955940772     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2010.496794     Document Type: Article

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