Trace elements in two staple cereals (rice and wheat) and associated health risk implications in Bangladesh

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Ahmed, Md Kawser ^a   Shaheen, Nazma ^a   Islam, Md Saiful ^c   Habibullah Al Mamun, Md ^a,b   Islam, Saiful ^a   Banu, Cadi Parvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PATUAKHALI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cereals; Health risk; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES; BANGLADESH; CEREALS; COMPOSITE SAMPLES; DETERMINISTIC APPROACH; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; TARGET HAZARD QUOTIENTS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC; METAL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CARCINOGEN; CEREAL; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RECOMMEND DAILY ALLOWANCE; RICE; TARGET HAZARD QUOTIENT; WHEAT; ANALYSIS; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BANGLADESH;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

BANGLADESH; CEREALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METALS; ORYZA SATIVA; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84928889668     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4576-5     Document Type: Article

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