Estimation of dietary intake of arsenic in the general population of the Republic of Croatia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 191, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 119-123

  Sapunar Postružnik, Jasenka ^a   Bažulić, Davorin ^a   Kubala, Helena ^a  

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Dietary intake; Provisional tolerable weekly intake; Republic of Croatia

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARTICLE; CHEESE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0030592804     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05253-9     Document Type: Article

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