Arsenic intake by the adult population in Bombay City

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 89-95

  Tripathi, R M ^a   Raghunath, R ^a   Krishnamoorthy, T M ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Adult population; Air particulates; Arsenic intake; Duplicate diet; HG AAS

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARSENIC; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 0031551934     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00278-7     Document Type: Article

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