Risk characterization and exposure assessmentin arseniasis-endemic areas of Taiwan

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-107

  Ling, Min Pei ^a   Liao, Chung Min ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arseniasis endemic; Arsenic; Farmed fish shrimp; Pharmacodynamic; Physiologically based pharmacokinetic; Probabilistic risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; GROUNDWATER; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMORS;

ARSENIASIS-ENDEMIC; PHYSIOLOGICALLY-BASED PHARMACOKINETIC; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRUG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARSENICOSIS; ARTICLE; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; BLADDER; BLADDER CANCER; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED FISH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KERATOSIS; LUNG; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHRIMP; SKIN; SKIN CANCER; TAIWAN; TARGET ORGAN; THREAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; LANYANG PLAIN; SOUTH ASIA; TAIWAN; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 33845424117     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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