Essential and toxic element concentrations in blood and urine and their associations with diet: Results from a Norwegian population study including high-consumers of seafood and game

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 836-844

  Birgisdottir, B E ^a   Knutsen, H K ^a   Haugen, M ^a   Gjelstad, I M ^a   Jenssen, M T S ^b   Ellingsen, D G ^c   Thomassen, Y ^c   Alexander, J ^a   Meltzer, H M ^a   Brantsaeter A L ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Iodine; Lead; Mercury; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BLOOD AND URINE SAMPLES; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRES (FFQ); LOWER CONFIDENCE LIMIT; SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION; TOLERABLE WEEKLY INTAKES;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; IODINE; LEAD; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); NUTRITION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SELENIUM;

BLOOD;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; IODINE; LEAD; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ARSENIC; BLOOD; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; IODINE; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUTRITION; SEAFOOD; SELENIUM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TOXICOLOGY; URINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NORWAY; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEA FOOD; TOXICOLOGY; URINE LEVEL; WINE;

ARSENIC; AS; BENCHMARK DOSE; BENCHMARK DOSE (LOWER CONFIDENCE LIMIT); BMD; BMDL; BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; CADMIUM; CD; EFSA; EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY; FFQ; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HG; I; IODINE; JECFA; JOINT FAO/WHO EXPERT COMMITTEE ON FOOD ADDITIVES; LEAD; MERCURY; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND SEAFOOD RESEARCH; NFG STUDY; NIFES; NNR; NORDIC NUTRITION RECOMMENDATIONS; NORWEGIAN FISH AND GAME STUDY; PB; PCB; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POP; PROVISIONAL TOLERABLE WEEKLY INTAKE; PTWI; S-FE; SE; SELENIUM; SERUM FERRITIN; TOLERABLE WEEKLY INTAKE; TWI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; IODINE; LEAD; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; SEAFOOD; SELENIUM;

NORWAY;

EID: 84880596381     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.078     Document Type: Article

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