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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2021

Health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements intake via food crops consumption: Monte Carlo simulation-based probabilistic and heavy metal pollution index.

Fatemeh Sanaei, Mohammad Mehdi Amin, Zhaleh Pourjam Alavijeh, Rana Azaripour Esfahani, Maryam Sadeghi, Niayesh Shabankare Bandarrig, Ali Fatehizadeh, Ensiyeh Taheri, Mashallah Rezakazemi

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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Fatemeh SanaeiDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Mohammad Mehdi AminDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Zhaleh Pourjam AlavijehDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Rana Azaripour EsfahaniDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Maryam SadeghiDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Niayesh Shabankare BandarrigDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Ali FatehizadehDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Ensiyeh TaheriDepartment of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. e_taheri@hlth.mui.ac.ir.
Mashallah RezakazemiFaculty of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran. mashalah.rezakazemi@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9980-6682

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to assess the content of heavy metals and their potential health risk in consumed food crops. To this end, the samples from vegetables, rice, potato, onion, and black tea were derived from high sales and commonly consumed types. The noncarcinogenic health risk of heavy metals to the adults, teens, and children was estimated by target hazard quotients (THQs) and hazard index (HI) calculation. Sensitivity and uncertainty analyses were carried out using Monte Carlo simulations. Heavy metal pollution index (HMI) was used for ranking noncarcinogenic heavy metal pollution in sampled food crops. THQs showed that noncarcinogenic health risks to the local population were largely related to As (0.71 for adults, 0.87 for teens, and 2.4 for children), Mn (0.43 for adults, 0.28 for teens, and 0.64 for children), and Mo (0.12 for adults, 0.02 for teens, and 0.4 for children). HI for individual food crops (HI

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Metals, HeavySoil PollutantsAdultChildChinaEnvironmental MonitoringHumansMonte Carlo MethodRisk AssessmentMetals, HeavySoil PollutantsDietary intakeFood cropsHeavy metalHeavy metal pollution indexProbabilistic risk assessment

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