Human health risk assessment of arsenic and potentially toxic elements exposure in bread and wheat flour in Northeast Iran

Fateme Asadi Touranlou; Sajjad Ghasemi; Mahdi Gholian Aval; Mohammad Hashemi; Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0327652

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Human health risk assessment of arsenic and potentially toxic elements exposure in bread and wheat flour in Northeast Iran

Fateme Asadi Touranlou,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Medical Toxicology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Sajjad Ghasemi,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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Mahdi Gholian Aval,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Promotion and Education, School of Health Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Mohammad Hashemi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Mohammad Hashemi, Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany

Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: belintavakoli332@gmail.com, tavakkolisanib@mums.ac.ir (SBTS); hashemimd@mums.ac.ir (MH)

Affiliations Medical Toxicology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany

Contributed equally to this work with: Mohammad Hashemi, Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: belintavakoli332@gmail.com, tavakkolisanib@mums.ac.ir (SBTS); hashemimd@mums.ac.ir (MH)

Affiliations Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran, Department of Health, Safety and Environment Management, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7891-4449

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Human health risk assessment of arsenic and potentially toxic elements exposure in bread and wheat flour in Northeast Iran

Fateme Asadi Touranlou,
Sajjad Ghasemi,
Mahdi Gholian Aval,
Mohammad Hashemi,
Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany

Published: July 23, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327652

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