Dietary exposure and biomarkers of arsenic in consumers of fish and shellfish from France

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1875-1885

  Sirot, V ^a   Guerin T ^a   Volatier, J L ^a   Leblanc, J C ^a  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biomarker; Dietary exposure; Fish; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; COASTAL AREAS; CONTAMINANT EXPOSURES; DIETARY EXPOSURE; DIETARY SOURCES; DIMETHYLARSINIC ACIDS; MONOMETHYLARSONIC ACIDS; NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES; PUBLIC HEALTHS; SAMPLING METHODS; SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION; SHELLFISH; URINE SAMPLES;

BIOMARKERS; COASTAL ZONES; FISH; MEATS; NUTRITION;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEAFOOD; SHELLFISH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLLUSCA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEAFOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60149110377     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.11.050     Document Type: Article

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