Overview of Health Risk Assessments for Zinc

Zinc is an essential trace mineral nutrient required for growth and reproduction in man and other living organisms. Zinc deficiency has been identified as global public health issue that significantly impacts developing countries; as a result, zinc essentiality and the impacts of deficiency have bee...

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Published in:Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A Part A, 2010-01, Vol.73 (2-3), p.166-174
Main Author: Boreiko, Craig J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Animals
Assessments
Child
Child, Preschool
Environmental Exposure
Female
Guidelines
Health
Humans
In Vitro Techniques
Infant
Male
Nutritional Requirements
Organisms
Pregnancy
Public health
Reproduction
Risk Assessment
Trace Elements - administration & dosage
Trace Elements - adverse effects
Trace Elements - deficiency
Zinc
Zinc - administration & dosage
Zinc - adverse effects
Zinc - deficiency
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Summary:Zinc is an essential trace mineral nutrient required for growth and reproduction in man and other living organisms. Zinc deficiency has been identified as global public health issue that significantly impacts developing countries; as a result, zinc essentiality and the impacts of deficiency have been extensively studied. Zinc is also widely used in commercial products and is a high-production-volume industrial metal. This has provided opportunities for human exposure and prompted multiple assessments of adverse health impacts that might result from exposure excess. Zinc thus provides an illustrative case study of the methodological contrasts between nutritional and toxicological evaluations and highlights the need for risk assessment guidelines that may be tailored to accommodate the properties of essential trace elements.
ISSN:1528-7394
1087-2620
DOI:10.1080/15287390903340427