Dietary and drinking water intake of essential trace elements in a typical Kashin-Beck disease endemic area of Tibet, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Essential trace elements (ETEs), such as copper (Cu), iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), selenium (Se), zinc (Zn), are very important elements for human health.

Methods

In this study, 89 drinking water samples and 85 highland barleys were collected from 48 villages in 11 townships, and the average daily dose (ADD) of ETEs were calculated, in addition, health effects of ETEs to rural residents in Luolong County, a typical Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) endemic area in Tibet, were assessed.

Results

The mean concentrations of Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Se, Zn in drinking water were 0.278 ± 0.264 μg·kg^-1, 0.766 ± 0.312 μg·kg^-1, 0.411 ± 0.526 μg·kg^-1, 0.119 ± 0.223 μg·kg^-1, 0.155 ± 0.180 μg·kg^-1, and 0.804 ± 1.112 

SUBMITTER: Zha X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9479256 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature