title: Beryllium in food and drinking water--a summary of available knowledge.
abstract: In an overall evaluation of the situation published by IARC in 1993, beryllium and beryllium compounds are identified as carcinogens to humans. This prompted the initiation of this study on beryllium which reviews the situation up to 1998 on the aspects: properties and applications, toxicity, analytical procedures for food and drinking water, reference materials, occurrence in food and drinking water and estimates of daily dietary exposure. Special emphasis is put on analytical aspects and levels of beryllium in food and drinking water.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Analysis, Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Vaessen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Szteke
mesh_terms: D001608:Beryllium / Q000032:analysis*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005504:Food Analysis; D006801:Humans; D011786:Quality Control; D012015:Reference Standards; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D014881:Water Supply / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D001608:Beryllium