National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli County, 35053, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Center for General Education, Cheng Shiu University, Kaohsiung, 833, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2016 Jul;23(14):14173-82. doi: 10.1007/s11356-016-6557-9. Epub 2016 Apr 6.
Chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) in the human population is associated with various internal cancers and other adverse outcomes. The purpose of this study was to estimate a population-scale exposure risk attributable to iAs consumptions by linking a stochastic physiological-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model and biomonitoring data of iAs in urine. The urinary As concentrations were obtained from a total of 1,043 subjects living in an industrial area of Taiwan. The results showed that the study subjects had an iAs exposure risk of 27 % (the daily iAs intake for 27 % study subjects exceeded the WHO-recommended value, 2.1 μg iAs day(-1) kg(-1) body weight). Moreover, drinking water and cooked rice contributed to the iAs exposure risk by 10 and 41 %, respectively. The predicted risks in the current study were 4.82, 27.21, 34.69, and 64.17 %, respectively, among the mid-range of Mexico, Taiwan (this study), Korea, and Bangladesh reported in the literature. In conclusion, we developed a population-scale-based risk model that covered the broad range of iAS exposure by integrating stochastic PBPK modeling and reverse dosimetry to generate probabilistic distribution of As intake corresponding to urinary As measured from the cohort study. The model can also be updated as new urinary As information becomes available.
人群慢性暴露于无机砷(iAs)与各种内部癌症和其他不良后果有关。本研究旨在通过将随机生理基于药代动力学(PBPK)模型和尿液中 iAs 的生物监测数据联系起来,估计与 iAs 消费相关的人群规模暴露风险。尿砷浓度来自于台湾一个工业区的 1043 名受试者。结果表明,研究对象的 iAs 暴露风险为 27%(27%的研究对象的每日 iAs 摄入量超过了世界卫生组织推荐值 2.1μg iAs day-1 kg-1 体重)。此外,饮用水和米饭分别贡献了 10%和 41%的 iAs 暴露风险。在本研究中,预测风险分别为墨西哥、台湾(本研究)、韩国和孟加拉国文献报道的中间范围的 4.82%、27.21%、34.69%和 64.17%。总之,我们开发了一种基于人群规模的风险模型,该模型通过整合随机 PBPK 建模和反剂量学,生成与队列研究中测量的尿液中 As 相对应的 As 摄入量的概率分布,从而涵盖了广泛的 iAS 暴露范围。随着新的尿液 As 信息的出现,该模型也可以进行更新。