Arsenic behaviour from groundwater and soil to crops: Impacts on agriculture and food safety

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 189, Issue , 2007, Pages 43-87

  Heikens, Alex ^a   Panaullah, Golam M ^b   Meharg, Andy A ^c  

^a FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific   (Thailand)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; FRESH WATER;

CHEMISTRY; CROP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; SOIL;

ARSENIC; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; SOIL;

EID: 35548953946     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35368-5_3     Document Type: Review

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