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Badriah S. Al-Farhan, Tarek O. Said, Sara A. El-Ghamdi, Ali Y. Al-Alamie
(2023)
Distribution and health risk assessment on dietary exposure of PAHs in vegetables and fruits of Asir, Saudi Arabia
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10.1016/j.wmb.2023.07.004Estimation of the dietary exposure of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Syria and their health risks assessment
Published: 18.10.2020.
Volume 9, Issue 2 (2020)
pp. 332-345;
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In this work, the exposure of people, through their diet, to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has been assessed for the urban, rural, and general populations in Syria. The food categories consumed have been divided into major groups, and the health risk assessment on dietary exposure of PAHs determined in each food category. For this purpose, two approaches were used: incremental lifetime cancer risk (ILCR) and margin of exposure approach (MOE). The results showed that each of the following food categories: oils and fats, meat and meat products, vegetables, and cereals dominantly contribute in the dietary exposure of PAHs. Also their MOE values are the lowest. Additionally, they have higher ILCR values. Therefore, these groups are a main risk source to health. On the other hand, the dietary exposure of PAHs in each of urban, rural and general populations was of low health concern, whereas their ILCR values reached to 10E-05 in total food categories, nevertheless it remains lower than serious risk level (ILCR>10E-04). This work is the first study that is dealing with dietary exposure of PAHs and their health risk assessment in Syria.
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