Total and inorganic arsenic in marketed food and associated health risks for the Catalan (Spain) population

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 10013-10022

  Fontcuberta, Mireia ^a   Calderon, Josep ^a,b   Villalbí, Joan R ^a,b   Centrich, Francesc ^a,b   Portaña, Samuel ^b   Espelt, Albert ^a   Duran, Julia ^b   Nebot, Manel ^a,b  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

arsenic; cooked rice; dietary exposure; food safety; inorganic arsenic; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; AS CONTENT; BODY WEIGHT; CATALANS; CATALONIA; COOKED RICE; COOKING PROCESS; DIETARY EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES; HUMAN CARCINOGEN; INORGANIC ARSENIC; LC-ICP-MS; MEAT PRODUCTS; NUTRITION SURVEY; RICE PRODUCTS; WATER VOLUMES;

ARSENIC; BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS;

OILS AND FATS;

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; RICE; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD; SPAIN;

ARSENIC; CARCINOGENS; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; ORYZA SATIVA; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD; SPAIN;

EID: 80053094471     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf2013502     Document Type: Article

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