Risk assessment of arsenic exposure from consumption of cultured milkfish, Chanos chanos (Forsskål), from the arsenic-contaminated area in Southwestern Taiwan

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 637-644

  Lin, M C ^a   Lin, H Y ^a   Cheng, H H ^a   Chen, Y C ^a   Liao, C M ^b   Shao, K T ^c  

^a NANHUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; TAP WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CHANOS CHANOS;

EID: 30344475233     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0800-2     Document Type: Article

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