Dietary Intake of Metals from Fresh Cage-Reared Hens’ Eggs in Tenerife, Canary Islands

The concentrations of 20 metals (Na, K, Ca, Mg, V, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Cr, Mo, Co, B, Ba, Sr, Ni, Si, Al, Pb, and Cd) in cage-reared hens’ eggs have been determined in this study using inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). There were significant differences in the metal cont...

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Main Authors: Carmen Rubio, Soraya Paz, Iballa Ojeda, Angel J. Gutiérrez, Dailos González-Weller, Arturo Hardisson, Consuelo Revert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Food Quality
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5972153