Human health risks from arsenic in soils: Does one model fit all?

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 337-341

  Sarkar, Dibyendu ^a   Datta, Rupali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioavailability; Cancer risk; Chronic daily intake; Pesticide; Soil; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENITE SODIUM; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CANCER RISK; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH HAZARD; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY;

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27244434376     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.59.7.337-341     Document Type: Article

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