Partitioning of Dietary Metal Intake—A Metal Dietary Exposure Screening Tool

Nga L. Tran*, Leila M. Barraj, Carolyn Scrafford, Xiaoyu Bi and Terry Troxell

Risk Analysis, 2015, vol. 35, issue 5, 872-881

Abstract: Detection of heavy metals at trace or higher levels in foods and food ingredients is not unexpected given the widespread unavoidable presence of several metals in nature, coupled with advancement in analytical methods and lowering limits of detection. To assist risk managers with a rapid risk assessment when facing these situations, a metal dietary exposure screening tool (MDEST) was developed. The tool uses food intake rates based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2010 consumption data for the U.S. population two+ years and up and for infants age six months to

Date: 2015
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