Arsenic in seafood: Speciation issues for human health risk assessment

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 185-200

  Lorenzana, Roseanne M ^a   Yeow, Aaron Y ^a   Colman, Joan T ^b   Chappell, Lara L ^b   Choudhury, Harlal ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Inorganic arsenic; Risk assessment; Shellfish; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849136044     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030802615949     Document Type: Review

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