Betel quid chewing as a source of manganese exposure: total daily intake of manganese in a Bangladeshi population

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Daily intake of Mn from foods and water (Bangladeshis residing in Bangladesh)

Food	Mn intake (μg person^-1 day^-1)
Bangladeshi foods ^a
Meat	58
Poultry	27
Fish	141 (405)^b
Green vegetables	2751 (5400)^b
Lentil and beans	1285
Puffed rice	168
Steamed rice	5465
Tea infusions	4168
Others	2500
Sum of foods	16564
Water ^c	2160
Total Mn intake excluding betel quid	18724

^a The quantity of food consumed (g day^-1) was taken from a previous study [20].
^b Mean of element concentration (maximum value).
^c Estimated from Frisbie et al. [1]

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