Dietary arsenic intake in Taiwanese districts with elevated arsenic in drinking water

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-135

  Schoof, R A ^a   Yost, L J ^a   Crecelius, E ^b   Irgolic, K ^c   Goessler, W ^c   Guo, H R ^d,f   Greene, H ^e  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d Department of Environmental and Occupational Health ^*  (Taiwan)

^e BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0142069550     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039891284235     Document Type: Article

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