Statement on tolerable weekly intake for cadmium

EFSA Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

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Author keywords

Cadmium; dietary exposure; provisional tolerable monthly intake; tolerable weekly intake

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047800602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18314732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2011.1975     Document Type: Article

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