Dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic of the Hong Kong population: Results of the first Hong Kong Total Diet Study

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 379-385

  Wong, Waiky W K ^a   Chung, Stephen W C ^b   Chan, Benny T P ^b   Ho, Y Y ^a   Xiao, Ying ^a  

^a Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD)   (Hong Kong)

^b Public Health Laboratory Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dietary exposure; Inorganic arsenic; Total diet

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; CEREALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORYZA SATIVA; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868687533     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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