Arsenic in hair and nails of individuals exposed to arsenic-rich groundwaters in Kandal province, Cambodia

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 393, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 168-176

  Gault, Andrew G ^a   Rowland, Helen A L ^a   Charnock, John M ^a,b   Wogelius, Roy A ^a   Gomez Morilla, Inma ^c   Vong, Sovathana ^d   Leng, Moniphea ^d   Samreth, Sopheap ^d   Sampson, Mickey L ^d   Polya, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d Cambodia Development Resource Institute   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biomarker; Cambodia; Groundwater; Hair; Nail

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOMARKERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; SULFUR; TISSUE; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION PEAK INTENSITY; ARSENIC EXPOSURE; WIDESPREAD EXPLOITATION;

GROUNDWATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; CAMBODIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; KANDAL; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 39149137807     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.12.028     Document Type: Article

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