| [a study on cadmium content in foods of six provinces and cities]. | contents of cadmium in six kinds of foods were monitored in 626 specimens from beijing, shanghai, jiangsu, sichuan, jilin and guangdong in 1992, with proportions of 95% for rice, 87.8% vegetables, and 100% wheat flour, meat, eggs fish and dairy products, respectively, up to the national hygienic standards. the average weekly intake of cadmium from foods of residents in six monitored areas was lower than that of the provisional allowable intake set by who. | 1994 | 8082461 |
| background exposure of urban populations to lead and cadmium: comparison between china and japan. | to assess and compare the background exposure of the general population to lead (pb) and cadmium (cd) in china and in japan. | 1997 | 9138002 |
| respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function among chinese rice-granary workers. | the authors conducted a cross-sectional study of 474 rice-granary workers and 235 non-granary worker controls in a rural area near shanghai, the people's republic of china. responses to a respiratory-symptom questionnaire and pre- and post-shift spirometry were obtained for all subjects. area sampling was performed for total and vertically elutriated (</= 15 micrometer) dust levels. total dust levels were high, ranging from 6.6 mg/m(3) to 59.8 mg/m(3), with vertical elutriated dust concentration ... | 1998 | 10026476 |
| [surveillance on contamination of total aflatoxins in corn, peanut, rice, walnut and pine nut in several areas in china]. | to realize the contamination of total aflatoxins in corn, peanut, rice, walnut and pine nut in china, and provide the base data for establishing a china tolerance limit standard and an international control practice for total aflatoxins. | 2006 | 16620597 |
| survey of susceptibilities to monosultap, triazophos, fipronil, and abamectin in chilo suppressalis (lepidoptera: crambidae). | to provide a foundation for national resistance management of the asiatic rice borer, chilo suppressalis (walker) (lepidoptera: crambidae), a study was carried out to determine dose-response and susceptibility changes over a 5-yr period in the insect from representative rice, oryza sativa l., production regions. in total, 11 populations were collected from 2002 to 2006 in seven rice-growing provinces in china, and they were used to examine their susceptibility levels to monosultap, triazophos, f ... | 2007 | 18232403 |
| contamination of aflatoxins in different kinds of foods in china. | to study the contamination of total aflatoxins (afs) in different kinds of foods including corn, peanut, rice, walnut, and pine nut in six provinces and two municipalities in china. | 2007 | 18348407 |
| consumption of mercury-contaminated rice induces oxidative stress and free radical aggravation in rats. | to study the oxidative stress induced by consumption of mercury-contaminated rice in rats, and to assess the possible public health risk of mercury contamination in wanshan mining area. | 2007 | 17458147 |
| rapid detection of rpob gene mutations in rifampin-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in shanghai by using the amplification refractory mutation system. | rapid detection of drug resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis is essential for efficient treatment and control of this pathogen. the amplification refractory mutation system (arms) was used to detect mutations in the rifampin resistance-determining region of the rpob gene. a total of 39 rifampin-resistant m. tuberculosis isolates in shanghai were analyzed by this assay, resulting in 92.3% sensitivity (36 of 39) and 87.2% concordance (34 of 39) relative to dna sequencing, by which 41 mutations ... | 2003 | 12624020 |
| nutritional evaluation of women in urban areas in continental china. | in 1993-1995, a nutritional survey was conducted in china, in which 50 women each in three cities of beijing, shanghai and nanning (thus 150 in total) volunteered to offer 24-hr total food duplicates and peripheral blood samples. people daily took 1,776 kcal (7,431 kj) energy, 57 g protein, 75 g lipid, 218 g carbohydrate, 439 mg calcium, 24 mg iron, 3,398 mg sodium and 1,521 mg potassium. when compared with the recommended dietary allowance for chinese, intakes of energy, iron and possibly vitam ... | 1997 | 9241771 |
| airborne endotoxins in a rice production commune in the people's republic of china. | concentrations of total and vertical elutriated airborne dusts were quantified for five work areas within a rice production commune near shanghai, the people's republic of china. mean (+/- se) commune levels of 15.69 +/- 1.91 mg/m3 and 6.00 +/- 1.47 mg/m3 were found for total and vertical elutriated dusts, respectively. analysis of the airborne dusts for the presence of gram-negative bacterial endotoxins resulted in mean levels of 21.23 +/- 8.63 ng/mg total dust and 14.57 +/- 7.97 ng/mg elutriat ... | 1984 | 6492187 |
| substituting brown rice for white rice to lower diabetes risk: a focus-group study in chinese adults. | whole-grain products, such as brown rice, have been associated with lower risk of diabetes. however, information is lacking on the acceptability of substituting brown rice for white rice. this study assessed the awareness and acceptability of brown rice in chinese adults, and examined the feasibility of introducing brown rice into the diet through a large, long-term randomized clinical trial to lower risk of type 2 diabetes. thirty-two chinese adults residing in shanghai participated in this qua ... | 2010 | 20656097 |