Research Article
Arsenic and Heavy Metals in Vietnamese Rice: Assessment of Human Exposure to These Elements through Rice Consumption
Table 3
Estimated daily intake of arsenic and heavy metals through rice consumption.
| No | Element | Estimated daily intake (mg day−1 kg−1 body weight) | Woman | Man | Mean value | Range | Mean value | Range |
| 1 | As | 0.0015 | 0.0007–0.0043 | 0.0012 | 0.0005–0.0033 | 2 | Cd | 0.0014 | 0.0001–0.0063 | 0.0011 | 0.0001–0.0049 | 3 | Co | 0.0037 | 0.0001–0.0179 | 0.0028 | 0.0001–0.0139 | 4 | Cr | 0.0039 | 0.0001–0.016 | 0.003 | 0.0001–0.0126 | 5 | Cu | 0.0411 | 0.0015–0.1015 | 0.0319 | 0.0012–0.0787 | 6 | Fe | 0.1736 | 0.0026–0.6193 | 0.1347 | 0.002–0.4805 | 7 | Hg | — | — | — | — | 8 | Mn | 0.2522 | 0.0974–0.2522 | 0.1957 | 0.0756–0.4331 | 9 | Ni | 0.005 | 0.0001–0.0163 | 0.0039 | 0.0001–0.0126 | 10 | Pb | 0.001 | 0.0001–0.0023 | 0.0008 | 0.0001–0.0018 | 11 | Se | — | — | — | — | 12 | Zn | 0.1068 | 0.0699–0.1525 | 0.0826 | 0.00542–0.183 |
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