%0 Journal Article
%T Dietary intake and health effects of selected toxic elements
%A Silva
%A Andr¨¦ Luiz Oliveira da
%A Barrocas
%A Paulo R.G.
%A Jacob
%A Silvana do Couto
%A Moreira
%A Josino Costa
%J Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology
%D 2005
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S1677-04202005000100007
%X anthropogenic activities have being contributing to the spread of toxic chemicals into the environment, including several toxic metals and metalloids, increasing the levels of human exposure to many of them. contaminated food is an important route of human exposure and may represent a serious threat to human health. this mini review covers the health effects caused by toxic metals, especially cd, hg, pb and as, the most relevant toxic elements from a human health point of view.
%K bioavailability
%K contamination
%K heavy metals
%K metal toxicity.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1677-04202005000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en