Dietary and drinking water intake of essential trace elements in a typical Kashin-Beck disease endemic area of Tibet, China

Abstract Background Essential trace elements (ETEs), such as copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), selenium (Se), zinc (Zn), are very important elements for human health. Methods In this study, 89 drinking water samples and 85 highland barleys were collected from 48 villages in 11...

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Main Authors: Xinjie Zha, Jialu An, Xue Gao, Yuan Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-09-01
Series:Environmental Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-022-00898-0