Arsenic speciation in food and estimation of the dietary intake of inorganic arsenic in a rural village of West Bengal, India

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 9469-9474

  Signes Pastor, A J ^a   Mitra, K ^b   Sarkhel, S ^b   Hobbes, M ^c   Burlo F ^a   De Groot, W T ^c,d   Carbonell Barrachina, A A ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Institute of Advanced Studies   (India)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inorganic arsenic; Rice; Total arsenic; Water; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; VEGETABLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORYZA SATIVA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 55549112254     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf801600j     Document Type: Article

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