Amivi Oleko, Abdessattar Saoudi, Abdelkrim Zeghnoun, Marie Pecheux, Vincent Cirimele, Ciprian Mihai Cirtiu, Géraldine Berail, Emmanuelle Szego, Sébastien Denys, Clémence Fillol
BACKGROUND: The purpose of the Esteban study was to describe levels of various biomarkers of exposure to several environmental pollutants, including metals and metalloids, among the French population. This paper describes the distribution of concentrations of 28 metals and metalloids in two different populations, and estimates the main determinants of exposure to total arsenic, the sum of inorganic arsenic (iAs) and its two metabolites monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA), cadmium, chromium, copper, mercury and nickel...
April 3, 2024: Environmental Research