Revised cancer risk assessment of inorganic arsenic upon consumption of tilapia (Oreochomis mossambicus) from blackfoot disease hyperendemic areas

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1037-1044

  Liu, C W ^a   Huang, F M ^a   Hsueh, Y M ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; ARSENOBETAINE; ARSENOCHOLINE; CACODYLIC ACID; METHANEARSONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; TILAPIA; ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARSENIC POISONING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; NEOPLASM; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE;

TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ARSENIC POISONING; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; TILAPIA;

EID: 25444434683     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0685-0     Document Type: Article

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