A survey of arsenic in foodstuffs on sale in the United Kingdom and imported from Bangladesh

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 337, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 23-30

  Al Rmalli, S W ^a   Haris, P I ^a   Harrington, C F ^b   Ayub, M ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Diet; Food; Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; CROPS; FOOD PRODUCTS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION; FISH; RICE; VEGETABLES;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; GRAPHITE;

ARSENIC; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMARANTHUS; ARUM; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BANGLADESH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISH; FOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICE; SKIN; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AMARANTHUS; ANIMALIA; ARUM;

EID: 11144293466     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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