Excretion of arsenic in urine as a function of exposure to arsenic in drinking water

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 663-667

  Calderon, Rebecca L ^a   Hudgens, Edward ^a   Chris, X ^b   Schreinemachers, Dina ^b   Thomas, David J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biomarker; Drinking water; Exposure; Interindividual variability; Intraindividual variability; United states

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032846063     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107663     Document Type: Article

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