Occurrence and health risk assessment of antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, nickel, and lead in fresh fruits consumed in South Korea

Abstract Although various fruits are consumed as fresh produce in South Korea, information on the concentrations of heavy metals in such fruits remains lacking despite the known toxic effects of the metals. Moreover, the health risks posed by seven potentially toxic metals (As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb, a...

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Main Authors: Jian Lee, Insun Hwang, Ye-Seul Park, Do Yup Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-07-01
Series:Applied Biological Chemistry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13765-023-00799-x