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ArticleRSC advances2025

Cornflakes as a source of dietary metal exposure in Lebanon: a risk assessment study.

Hussein F Hassan, Celine El Khoury, Fatima Haydous, Hani Dimassi, Maria Abou Abdallah, Mireille Serhan, Elias Akoury

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Article in RSC advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Hussein F HassanDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University Beirut 1102-2801 Lebanon.
Celine El KhouryDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University Beirut 1102-2801 Lebanon.
Fatima HaydousDepartment of Physical Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University Beirut 1102-2801 Lebanons elias.akoury@lau.edu.lb.
Hani DimassiSchool of Parmacy, Lebanese American University Byblos P.O. Box 36 Byblos Lebanon.
Maria Abou AbdallahDepartment of Physical Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University Beirut 1102-2801 Lebanons elias.akoury@lau.edu.lb.
Mireille SerhanDepartment of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Balamand, Deir El Balamand Tripoli Lebanon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9695-5770
Elias AkouryDepartment of Physical Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University Beirut 1102-2801 Lebanons elias.akoury@lau.edu.lb.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5202-8935

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigates the occurrence of toxic metals in cornflakes marketed in Lebanon and the associated health risks from their consumption. Following a market screening, 21 stock-keeping units (SKUs) of cornflakes from different manufacturers and countries of origin were identified and collected across two production periods (

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PMID40995349
PMCPMC12455183

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