Dietary exposure and biomarkers of arsenic in consumers of fish and shellfish from France

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 407; no. 6; pp. 1875 - 1885
• Main Authors: Sirot, V., Guérin, T., Volatier, J.-L., Leblanc, J.-C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.03.2009; [Amsterdam; New York]: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; analysis; Animals; Arsenates; Arsenic; Arsenic - urine; arsenic excretion; arsenic intake; Arsenic Poisoning; Arsenic Poisoning - urine; arsenicals; Biomarker; biomarkers; Biomarkers - urine; chemical concentration; Coastal areas; Consumers; Contaminants; Creatinine; Creatinine - urine; Dietary exposure; Diets; Environmental Exposure; excretion; Female; Females; Fish; Fishes; food contamination; food frequency questionnaires; food intake; Foods; France; Humans; Intakes; Male; Males; Mass Spectrometry; Middle Aged; Mollusca; Polymethyl methacrylates; Sampling methods; Seafood; Seafood - analysis; seafood consumption; seafoods; Shellfish; Surveys and Questionnaires; urine; Young Adult; France; Fish; Biomarker; Arsenic; Shellfish; Dietary exposure

Seafood, especially fish, is considered as a major dietary source of arsenic (As). Seafood consumption is recommended for nutritional properties but contaminant exposure should be considered. The objectives were to assess As intake of frequent French seafood consumers and exposure via biomarkers. Co...