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authors |
Coelho, SD; Maricoto, T; Pastorinho, MR; Itai, T; Isobe, T; Kunisue, T; Tanabe, S; Sousa, ACA; Nogueira, AJA |
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nationality |
International |
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journal |
JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION |
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author keywords |
Cadmium; Diet; Women exposure; Portugal |
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keywords |
POSTMENOPAUSAL BREAST-CANCER; ACADEMIC COMMUNITY; ADULT-POPULATION; RISK; EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN; CHILDREN; SAMPLES; METALS; LEAD |
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abstract |
Cadmium (Cd) is a non-essential metal widespread in the environment, to which humans are exposed through different routes, being food consumption the most important one. It is considered an endocrine disruptor that is associated with estrogen-dependent diseases with women being particularly susceptible. In order to assess the exposure to this metal through diet intake in premenopausal women, levels of Cd were quantified in 7-days duplicate diet samples provided by 23 women working or studying at University of Aveiro, Portugal. Cd was detected in all analyzed samples with concentrations ranging between 0.007 and 0.21 mu g g(-1) ww (median: 0.009 mu g g(-1) ww). The estimated dietary weekly intakes varied from 1.4 to 48 mu g kg-bw(-1) week(-1) (median: 2.3 mu g kg-bw(-1) week(-1)), and 35% of the participants exhibited dietary intakes of Cd higher than the tolerable weekly intake (2.5 mu g kg-bw(-1) week(-1)) set for this metal which suggest health risks for these women. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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publisher |
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV |
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issn |
0375-6742 |
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year published |
2017 |
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volume |
183 |
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beginning page |
187 |
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ending page |
190 |
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digital object identifier (doi) |
10.1016/j.gexplo.2017.02.003 |
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web of science category |
Geochemistry & Geophysics |
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subject category |
Geochemistry & Geophysics |
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unique article identifier |
WOS:000416713700006
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