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Exposure Assessment of Cadmium via Consumption of Fish Sold in the City of Yerevan

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Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study residual cadmium in trout and to assess effects of daily and weekly exposure of this heavy metal on consumers’ organism. The results obtained have indicated that residual cadmium in the studied fish samples vary between 6,00Е-05 and 3,00Е-03 mg/kg, whereas the estimated daily and weekly intake of this element does not exceed international standards.

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