Concentrations of arsenic, cadmium and lead in selected foodstuffs from Serbian market basket: Estimated intake by the population from the Serbia

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 440-448

  Škrbić, Biljana ^a   Živančev, Jelena ^a   Mrmoš, Nataša ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Daily intakes; Different foodstuffs; GFAAS; Heavy elements; Market basket

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERBIA;

DAILY INTAKES; DIFFERENT FOODSTUFFS; GFAAS; HEAVY ELEMENTS; MARKET BASKET;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LEAD; LIMIT OF DETECTION; SERBIA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 84879293398     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2013.05.026     Document Type: Article

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