Assessing carcinogenic risks associated with ingesting arsenic in farmed smeltfish (Ayu, Plecoglossus altirelis) in aseniasis-endemic area of Taiwan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 403, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 68-79

  Lee, Jin Jing ^a   Jang, Cheng Shin ^b   Liang, Ching Ping ^a,c   Liu, Chen Wuing ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Risk based; Smeltfish; Target cancer risk (TR); Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONMETALS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

CANCER RISKS; ELSEVIER (CO); GROUNDWATER USE; HUMAN HEALTH; LANYANG PLAIN; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); NORTHEASTERN TAIWAN; POTENTIAL CARCINOGENIC RISKS; POTENTIAL RISKS; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT (PRA); SEQUENTIAL INDICATOR SIMULATION (SIS); THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D);

HEALTH RISKS;

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACCUMULATION; CARCINOGEN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH AND SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEOST;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICALS; CARCINOGENS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; OSMERIFORMES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

PLECOGLOSSUS; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS;

EID: 48049095211     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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