title: Investigations into the oral lead exposure of adults in the former German Democratic Republic.
abstract: The lead content of a representative assortment of foodstuffs and drinking water as well as the lead intake of adults were systematically investigated in 1988 in order to judge the oral lead exposure of the inhabitants of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). The foodstuffs as well as the drinking water contained normal lead concentrations. Levels exceeding the limits set by the Federal Office of Health and the Decree on Drinking Water were not obtained. The lead intake was 34 micrograms/day in adult men and 25 micrograms/day in adult women according to the results of the basket study, amounting to 11-13% of the PTWI provisional tolerable weekly intake value of lead. An oral lead exposure of the adult population in the former GDR can be excluded.
authors.affiliation: Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Biological-Pharmaceutical Faculty, Institute of Nutrition and Environment, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D005504:Food Analysis; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry; D005859:Germany, East; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis*; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D014675:Vegetables / Q000737:chemistry; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D007854:Lead