Bioaccessible arsenic in the home environment in southwest England

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 371, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 89-98

  Rieuwerts, J S ^a   Searle, P ^a   Buck, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bioaccessibility; Housedust; PBET; Soil; Southwest England

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; DUST; HEALTH RISKS; SET THEORY; SOILS;

ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS; BIOACCESSIBILITY; HOUSEDUSTS; SOIL INGESTION;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MINING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSE DUST; MINING; MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ARSENIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MINING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751114984     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.08.039     Document Type: Article

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