Speciation of arsenic in biological samples

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 307-318

  Mandal, Badal Kumar ^a,b   Ogra, Yasumitsu ^b   Anzai, Kazunori ^a   Suzuki, Kazuo T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

arsenate; arsenic; Arsenic in food; Arsenicals in biological samples; arsenite; arsenobetaine; arsenocholine; As; AsB; AsC; Biomarker; dimethylarsinous acid; dimethylated As; DMA; DMA III; iAs; iAs III; iAs V; inorganic arsenic; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOBETAINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CACODYLIC ACID; DIMETHYLARSENOUS ACID; DRINKING WATER; METHANOL; MONOETHYLARSONOUS ACID; MONOMETHYLARSENIC ACID; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FINGER NAIL; HAIR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMA; URINE;

ARSENICALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRINKING; HAIR; HUMANS; INDIA; NAILS; REFERENCE VALUES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 3242779441     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2003.10.030     Document Type: Article

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