Human dietary and internal exposure to zearalenone based on a 24-hour duplicate diet and following morning urine study

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 142; p. 105852
• Main Authors: Zhang, Shuo, Zhou, Shuang, Gong, Yun Yun, Zhao, Yunfeng, Wu, Yongning
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: acceptable daily intake; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; average daily intake; biomarkers; Child; Child, Preschool; Chromatography, Liquid; Diet; diet study techniques; Duplicate diet study; environment; environmental monitoring; enzymatic hydrolysis; estrogenic properties; excretion; Exposure assessment; food contamination; Food Contamination - analysis; harvest date; Human biomonitoring; Humans; metabolism; Middle Aged; Mycotoxins; Tandem Mass Spectrometry; UPLC-MS/MS; Urine; wheat; Young Adult; Zearalenone; Zearalenone - analysis; Urine; Zearalenone; Human biomonitoring; UPLC-MS/MS; Exposure assessment; Duplicate diet study

•ZEN exposure study incorporated duplicate diet and biomonitoring in same subjects.•Dietary and internal exposures were significantly correlated, both far below the TDI.•Mean PDI was 1.6 times higher than mean EDI; possible causes were discussed.•Wheat contributed most to ZEN exposure; maize was mos...