Arsenic in drinking water: Sources, occurrence and health effects (a review)

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 307-323

  Villaescusa, Isabel ^a   Bollinger, Jean Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking water; Epidemiologic studies; Geological origin; Health risks; Human exposure; Speciation; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 55349093572     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-008-9138-7     Document Type: Review

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