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Partitioning of Dietary Metal Intake—A Metal Dietary Exposure Screening Tool
Author(s) -
Tran* Nga L.,
Barraj Leila M.,
Scrafford Carolyn,
Bi Xiaoyu,
Troxell Terry
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/risa.12322
Subject(s) - environmental health , inorganic arsenic , exposure assessment , risk assessment , mercury (programming language) , national health and nutrition examination survey , population , cadmium , health risk assessment , consumption (sociology) , medicine , arsenic , health risk , computer science , chemistry , computer security , social science , organic chemistry , sociology , programming language
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