Survey of arsenic and other heavy metals in food composites and drinking water and estimation of dietary intake by the villagers from an arsenic-affected area of West Bengal, India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 308, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 15-35

  Roychowdhury, Tarit ^a   Tokunaga, Hiroshi ^a   Ando, Masanori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic and other heavy metals; Drinking water; Estimated average daily dietary intake; Families in arsenic affected area; Food composites; ICP MS; Microwave digestion

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; NUTRITION; POTABLE WATER; SURVEYS;

TUBEWELLS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; HEAVY METAL; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; INDIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DEFECT; TILLAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARSENIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; SEX FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS;

EID: 0038077372     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00612-5     Document Type: Article

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