title: Daily dietary chromium intake in Belgium, using duplicate portion sampling.
abstract: Daily dietary chromium intake in Belgium has been evaluated by sampling duplicate portions of food, heating them at an acidic pH in a microwave oven and then quantifying the chromium by atomic absorption spectrometry. The mean intake value (53 +/- 31 micrograms/day) is similar to levels found for most other countries and is situated at the lower end of the recommended range for a safe and adequate daily dietary intake.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Van Cauwenbergh
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hendrix
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Robberecht
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Deelstra
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D002857:Chromium / Q000032:analysis*; D004032:Diet; D005504:Food Analysis; D006801:Humans; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D002857:Chromium