title: [A study on cadmium content in foods of six provinces and cities].
abstract: Contents of cadmium in six kinds of foods were monitored in 626 specimens from Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Jilin and Guangdong in 1992, with proportions of 95% for rice, 87.8% vegetables, and 100% wheat flour, meat, eggs fish and dairy products, respectively, up to the national hygienic standards. The average weekly intake of cadmium from foods of residents in six monitored areas was lower than that of the provisional allowable intake set by WHO.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Safety Control and Inspection Ministry of Public Health, Beijing.
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Z F
authors.initials: ZF
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis*; D002681:China; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D012275:Oryza / Q000737:chemistry; D014908:Triticum / Q000737:chemistry; D014675:Vegetables / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D002104:Cadmium