Exposure to inorganic arsenic from rice: A global health issue?

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-171

  Zhu, Yong Guan ^a,b   Williams, Paul N ^a,c   Meharg, Andrew A ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cancer; Health; Rice

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; PLANT TOXIN;

ARSENIC; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; HEALTH RISK; INORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RICE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MACROBIOTIC DIET; RICE BRAN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ORYZA SATIVA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 44649164358     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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