Association of Dietary Intake and Biomarker Levels of Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury among Asian Populations in the United States: NHANES 2011-2012.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We have recently shown that biomarker levels of selected metals are higher in Asians than in other U.S. ethnic groups, with important differences within selected Asian subgroups. Much of this difference may be dietary in origin; however, this is not well established.

Objective

We evaluated dietary intake of toxic metals as a source of increased biomarker levels of metals among U.S. Asians.

Methods

We estimated daily food consumption and dietary intake of arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury by combining 24-hr dietary intake recall data from the 2011-2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) with data from the USDA Food Composition Intake Database and FDA Total Dietary Study. We analyzed associations between dietary metal intake and bioma

SUBMITTER: Awata H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5332183 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature