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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev. 2007;10(Suppl 1):1–269. doi: 10.1080/10937400701597766

Table 26.

Intake and uptake of aluminium.

Source Concentration in mediuma Daily intake mg/daya,b Bodyweight normalized intake mg/kg b.w/dayc Bioavailabilitya,b % Bodyweight normalized uptake (mg/kg b.w./day)
Food – females 10 to 400 μg/g food 7.2 0.10 0.1 1.0 × 10-4
Food – males 8.6 0.12 0.1 1.2 × 10-4
Drinking waterd 100 μg/L 0.16 0.0023 0.3 6.9 × 10-6
Ambient air – general population 0.6-7.0 μg/m3 (PM10) 0.06 0.00086 2.0 1.7 × 10-5
Ambient air – occupational exposure 1 to 6 mg/m3 “total” 21 0.3 2.0 6.0 × 10-3
Antacids 12 to 32 g/L; or 110 to 174 mg/tablet 7,200 100 0.3 3.1 × 10-1
Buffered aspirin Not available 1,000 14 0.3 4.3 × 10-2
Anti-perspirantse 25% by weight ? ? ? ?
a

From Table 16.

b

Where a range is reported in Table 16, this table reports the upper end of the range.

c

Assumes a body weight of 70 kg.

d

See note (c) following Table 16.

e

See note (e) following Table 16.