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Intake estimation of Nickel via food for the Belgian population and identification of potential sources of Nickel contamination
Acronym
INNIBEL
Code
160M071016
Duration
01 March 2017 → 28 February 2019
Funding
Federal funding: various
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Inorganic chemistry
    • Organic chemistry
    • Theoretical and computational chemistry
    • Other chemical sciences
Keywords
foodstuffs
 
Project description
 

The general research question determines the extent to which foodstuffs present on the Belgian market give rise to exposure to nickel through the various (known) contamination pathways and thus constitute a potential (chronic and acute) risk for public health, taking into account subgroups in the Belgian population.