Arsenic speciation in the urine and hair of individuals exposed to airborne arsenic through coal-burning in Guizhou, PR China

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 35-48

  Shraim, Amjad ^a,b   Cui, Xing ^a   Li, Song ^a   Ng, Jack C ^b   Wang, Jianping ^b   Jin, Yinlong ^c   Liu, Yingchun ^c   Guo, Lei ^c   Li, Dasheng ^d   Wang, Shuquan ^d   Zhang, Ruizhi ^d   Hirano, Seishiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d Guizhou Prov Antiepidemic Station   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenic speciation; Coal; Guizhou; Hair; PR China; Urine

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CACODYLIC ACID; COAL; CREATININE; METHANEARSONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARSENIC POISONING; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICALS; CACODYLIC ACID; CHINA; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER PLANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 12244258207     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(02)00379-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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