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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2023-07-01
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Series: | Applied Biological Chemistry |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13765-023-00799-x |