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PMID: 20544457 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Thirty Italian children, 7-9 year aged, living in Naples were investigated on their dietary habits and on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure by a food diary-questionnaire and one week duplicate diet sample analyses. Daily total food consumption mean value was 632 +/- 215 g day(-1), median value 613 g day(-1). The daily energy intake and the diet composition meanly agreed with the official guidelines for the Italian children. Sixteen PAHs were simultaneously detected and, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) approach, benzo[a]pyrene; benzo[a]pyrene + chrysene (PAH2); PAH2 + benz[a]anthracene + benzo[b]fluoranthene (PAH4); PAH4 + benzo[k]fluoranthene + benzo[ghi]perylene + dibenz[a, h]anthracene + indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene (PAH8) were considered in evaluating the children's dietary exposure to PAHs. The benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) median concentrations in foods varied from 0.06 to 0.33 microg kg(-1). Only three samples of cooked foods (one fish and two meat samples) exceeded legal limits fixed by the European Union for BaP. Daily median intakes of benzo[a]pyrene, PAH2, PAH4, and PAH8 were 153; 318; 990; 1776 ng day(-1); their median exposure values were 5; 10; 28; 54 ng kg(-1) bw day(-1). The Margins of Exposure (MOEs) in median consumers agreed with the EFSA safety values except for PAH8. |
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Authors:
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T Cirillo; P Montuori; P Mainardi; I Russo; E Fasano; M Triassi; R Amodio-Cocchieri |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Food additives & contaminants. Part A, Chemistry, analysis, control, exposure & risk assessment Volume: 27 ISSN: 1944-0057 ISO Abbreviation: Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess Publication Date: 2010 Jul |
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Created Date: 2010-06-14 Completed Date: 2010-10-14 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101485040 Medline TA: Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1025-39 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Food Science, University of Naples 'Federico II', via Universita, 100, I-80055 Portici, Naples, Italy. tcirillo@unina.it |
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Carcinogens, Environmental
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analysis Child Diet Diet Records Environmental Exposure* / standards Female Food Analysis / methods Food Contamination* Food Habits* Humans Italy Limit of Detection Male Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic / analysis* |
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0/Carcinogens, Environmental; 0/Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic |
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