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<strong>Agency</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Toxic</strong> <strong>Substances</strong> <strong>and</strong> Disease Registry Chromium <strong><strong>Toxic</strong>ity</strong><br />

Case Studies in Environmental Medicine (<strong>CSEM</strong>)<br />

Progress Check<br />

3. Which of following statements regarding exposure pathway is correct?<br />

A. <strong>Cr</strong>(VI) <strong>and</strong> <strong>Cr</strong>(III) have equal capacity to be absorbed through any<br />

routes into the human body.<br />

B. Cigarette smoking has no impact on absorption of chromium.<br />

C. The general population is exposed most often by ingestion through<br />

chromium content in soil, food, <strong>and</strong> water.<br />

D. None of the above.<br />

To review relevant content, see “Introduction” in this section.<br />

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