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The tin contents in fresh food or in food stored in lacquered or unlacquered cans were determined in order to estimate the daily tin intake in a French citizen. Tin levels were 76.6 ± 36.5 mg/kg in foods preserved in unlacquered cans, 3.2 ± 2.3 mg/kg in foods stored in lacquered cans, and 0.03 ± 0.03 mg/kg in fresh foods. Tin intake is essentially dependent on food stored in tin cans (98%), which only represents 5.6% of the total daily consumption of foods by a French citizen. The estimated tin intake (2.7 mg/day whether 0.04 mg/kg of body weight) remains widely inferior to the daily tolerable dose in humans (2 mg/kg of body weight).
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Received: 22 April 1998/Accepted: 30 September 1998
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Biégo, G., Joyeux, M., Hartemann, P. et al. Determination of Dietary Tin Intake in an Adult French Citizen. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 36, 227–232 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002449900465
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