Heavy metal content in edible salts in Isfahan and estimation of their daily intake via salt consumption

Aims: In this study, the heavy metal contamination of consumable table salt, both unrefined and refined, was investigated. The provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) of heavy metals just by edible salt, of the Isfahan population, was also estimated. Materials and Methods: Twenty samples of salt...

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Main Authors: Hajar Pourgheysari, Malihe Moazeni, Afshin Ebrahimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.ijehe.org/article.asp?issn=2277-9183;year=2012;volume=1;issue=1;spage=8;epage=8;aulast=Pourgheysari