Significance of urinary arsenic speciation in assessment of seafood ingestion as the main source of organic and inorganic arsenic in a population resident near a coastal area

Chemosphere

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-299

  Soleo, Leonardo ^a   Lovreglio, Piero ^a   Iavicoli, Sergio ^b   Antelmi, Annarita ^a   Drago, Ignazio ^a   Basso, Antonella ^a   Lorenzo, Luigi Di ^a   Gilberti, Maria Enrica ^c   Palma, Giuseppe De ^c   Apostoli, Pietro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arsenobetaine; DMA; Inorganic arsenic; MMA; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; AQUACULTURE; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; COASTAL ZONES; NONMETALS;

ARSENIC SPECIATION; ARSENOBETAINE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; COASTAL AREAS; DMA; HYDRIDE GENERATION; INORGANIC ARSENIC; MMA; SPECIATION; URINARY EXCRETION;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ARSENOBETAINE; CACODYLIC ACID; METHANEARSONIC ACID; MINERAL WATER;

ARSENIC; COASTAL ZONE; FOOD INTAKE; MARINE POLLUTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENT POPULATION; SEAFOOD; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URINE;

ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOSSIL; FOUNDRY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEA FOOD; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEAFOOD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CRUSTACEA;

EID: 50149086342     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.06.030     Document Type: Article

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