Assessment of Heavy Metals in Chicken Meat Distributed in Sanandaj, Iran, and Calculating the Food Consumption Risk

Background and purpose: With increase in human population the demand for meat products has raised. One of such products is poultry meat which could be contaminated by heavy metals in production process. The purpose of this study was to estimate the concentration levels of cadmium, lead, and zinc in...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Hosein Sinkakarimi, Borhan Mansouri, Nammam Ali Azadi, Afshin Maleki, Behrooz Davari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2017-03-01
Series:Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-9640-en.html