title: Dietary exposure estimates of 30 elements from the UK Total Diet Study.
abstract: Dietary exposures of consumers to 30 elements (aluminium, antimony, arsenic, barium, bismuth, boron, cadmium, calcium, chromium, cobalt, copper, germanium, gold, iridium, iron, lead, lithium, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, palladium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, selenium, strontium, thallium, tin and zinc) estimated from the UK 1994 Total Diet Study are reported, and compared with those from previous UK Total Diet Studies and those from other countries. Dietary exposure estimates were generally low and, where comparisons are possible, similar to those from other countries and below the relevant Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intakes and Provisional Maximum Tolerable Daily Intakes. For most of those elements included in previous UK Total Diet Studies, dietary exposures have declined.
authors.affiliation: Joint Food Safety and Standards Group, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, London, UK. g.ysart@fssg.maff.gov.uk
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ysart
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Crews
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Robb
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baxter
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De L'Argy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lofthouse
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sargent
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harrison
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet; D004034:Diet Surveys; D006801:Humans; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D014131:Trace Elements