Survey of arsenic in food composites from an arsenic-affected area of West Bengal, India

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1611-1621

  Roychowdhury, T ^a   Uchino, T ^a   Tokunaga, H ^a   Ando, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agricultural irrigation; Arsenic in food composites and food categories; Daily dietary intake of arsenic by the villagers, based on their food status; Food samples; Groundwater arsenic contamination; ICP MS; Microwave digestion

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATED LAND; CURCUMA LONGA; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAPAYA; PLANT LEAF; POTATO; POWDER; RICE; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TOXICITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SPICE; VEGETABLE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WHEAT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; CEREALS; CHILD; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPICES; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ARUM; CARICA PAPAYA; CUMINUM CYMINUM; CURCUMA LONGA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036051776     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(02)00104-7     Document Type: Article

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