High exposure to arsenic from drinking water at several localities in eastern Croatia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 339, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 277-282

  Ćavar, Suzana ^a   Klapec, Tomislav ^b   Grubešić, Renata Jurišić ^c   Valek, Marina ^a  

^a Institute of Public Health for the Osijek Baranya County   (Croatia)

^b JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Croatia; Drinking water; Hair; HG AAS

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; EXPOSURE EFFECTS; HAIR ANALYSIS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREAT; WATER SAMPLING;

ARSENIC; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

CROATIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14644411002     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.12.013     Document Type: Article

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