title: [Duplicate study on the dietary intake of some metals/metalloids by children in Germany. I. Arsenic and mercury].
abstract: The dietary intake of arsenic and mercury by 47 children (aged 5-8 years) living in West-Germany (Duisburg) is reported. Duplicate portions of all food and beverages were obtained on 2 days. Arsenic and mercury were measured by atomic absorption spectrometry under careful quality control. Results of are shown in the following table. [table: see text] Fish was consumed at 3 of 94 sampling days only. The arsenic and mercury intake on days with fish consumption was much higher compared with the other days (median, range): arsenic 8821; 4431-11954; mercury 123.7; 80, 0-167.5 ng/kg b.w. and day. The dietary arsenic and mercury intake was much lower than the FAO/WHO PTWI. For mercury the median intake amounted to 1.7% on days without and to 16.6% on days with fish consumption, for arsenic on days without fish consumption to 5.2% PTWI (only for inorganic arsenic compounds established) and on days with fish consumption (in fish mainly organic arsenic occur) 411% of PTWI. Based on the PTWI our data indicate no health risks for German 5-8-year-old children due to arsenic and mercury dietary intake.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Toxikologie und Kinderklinik Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lombeck
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kouros
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wuthe
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Ohnesorge
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001151:Arsenic / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes; D005504:Food Analysis; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D008628:Mercury; D001151:Arsenic
vernacular_title: Duplikatstudie zur Aufnahme von einigen Metallen/Metalloiden bei Kindern in Deutschland. Teil I: Arsen und Quecksilber.