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Principles and Methods for the Assessment of Risk from Essential Trace Elements: Environmental Health Criteria Series No. 228 (Environmental Healt Criteria)

By Ilo , UNEP

Book information

Year
2002
ISBN
9241572280, 9789241572286, 9780585474878
Open Library ID
OL12898520M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4370963 bytes)
Pages
80\82
Topic
Biology Ecology
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Summary The risk assessment approach described in this monograph applies only to essential trace elements (ETEs) involved in human health and not to non-essential elements. The purpose of this monograph is to provide the scientific principles that support the concept of an "acceptable range of oral intake" (AROI), which uses a "homeostatic model" for determining the range of dietary intakes for essential trace elements (ETEs) that meet the nutritional requirements of a healthy population and avoid excess intakes. To facilitate comparisons, AROIs are discussed in relation to other risk assessment approaches. Although it includes examples, this monograph is not a compendium of assessments on ETEs, nor is it a textbook detailing the scientific basis of risk assessment of the derivation of dietary reference intakes.

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