Estimation of bioaccessibility and potential human health risk of mercury in Chinese patent medicines

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 39, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-44

  Liu, Lihong ^a   Zhang, Yu ^b   Yun, Zhaojun ^a   He, Bin ^a   Jiang, Guibin ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b WANGJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Bioaccessibility; Chinese patent medicine; Mercury; Simulated digestion extraction

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (METAL); PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

BIOACCESSIBILITY; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES (ICPMS); INTESTINAL FLUID; SAFETY GUIDELINES; SIMULATED DIGESTION;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

BIOAVAILABILITY; CINNABAR; DIGESTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRUG; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

CHINA;

MERCURY; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMIMETICS; BODY FLUID; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; HEALTH; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BIOMIMETICS; BODY FLUIDS; DIGESTION; HEALTH; HUMANS; MERCURY; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84975729802     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2015.10.010     Document Type: Article

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