Arsenic Concentration in Rice, Fish, Meat and Vegetables in Cambodia: A Preliminary Risk Assessment
Wang, Hong-Sheng, Sthiannopkao, Suthipong, Chen, Zhuo-Jia, Man, Yu-Bon, Du, Jun, Xing, Guang-Hua, Kim, Kyoung-Woong, Mohamed Yasin, Mohamed S., Hashim, Jamal H. and Wong, Ming-Hung, (2013). Arsenic Concentration in Rice, Fish, Meat and Vegetables in Cambodia: A Preliminary Risk Assessment. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Volume 35(Issue 6), 745-755
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Sub-type Journal article Author Wang, Hong-Sheng
Sthiannopkao, Suthipong
Chen, Zhuo-Jia
Man, Yu-Bon
Du, Jun
Xing, Guang-Hua
Kim, Kyoung-Woong
Mohamed Yasin, Mohamed S.
Hashim, Jamal H.
Wong, Ming-HungTitle Arsenic Concentration in Rice, Fish, Meat and Vegetables in Cambodia: A Preliminary Risk Assessment Appearing in Environmental Geochemistry and Health Check publisher's open access policy Volume Volume 35 Issue No. Issue 6 Publication Date 2013-12-01 Place of Publication Dordrecht Publisher Springer Netherlands Start page 745 End page 755 Language English Abstract To assess arsenic contaminations and its possible adverse health effects, food samples were collected from Kandal, Kratie and Kampong Cham in Cambodia. The highest and the lowest concentrations were observed in fish (mean 2,832 ng g?1, ww) collected from Kandal province and cattle stomach (1.86 ᄆ 1.10 ng g?1, ww) collected from Kratie, respectively. The daily intake of arsenic via food consumption was 604, 9.70 and 136 ?g day?1 in Kandal, Kratie and Kampong Cham, respectively. The arsenic dietary intake in Kandal ranked No. 1 among all the 17 compared countries or regions. Fish consumption contributed the greatest proportion of total arsenic daily intake in Kandal (about 63.0 %) and Kampong Cham (about 69.8 %). It is revealed to be a much more important exposure pathway than drinking water for residents in Kampong Cham. The results of risk assessment suggested that the residents in Cambodia, particularly for people in Kandal province, suffer high public health risks due to consuming arsenic-contaminated food. Keyword Arsenic (as)
Food consumption
Cambodia
Dietary intake risk assessmentCopyright Holder Springer Netherlands Copyright Year 2013 Copyright type All rights reserved ISSN 0269-4042 DOI 10.1007/s10653-013-9532-0 -
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