Survey of arsenic and its speciation in rice products such as breakfast cereals, rice crackers and Japanese rice condiments

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 473-475

  Sun, Guo Xin ^a,b   Williams, Paul N ^a,b   Zhu, Yong Guan ^a   Deacon, Claire ^b   Carey, Anne Marie ^b   Raab, Andrea ^b   Feldmann, Joerg ^b   Meharg, Andrew A ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic speciation; High inorganic As; Rice product

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CRACKS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC SPECIATION; BREAKFAST CEREALS; FOOD MARKETS; HPLC ICP MS; INORGANIC ARSENIC; RICE CRACKERS; RICE GRAINS; RICE PRODUCTS;

CEREAL PRODUCTS;

ARSENIC; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD MARKET; HEALTH SURVEY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ORYZA SATIVA (JAPONICA CULTIVAR-GROUP);

EID: 61449108236     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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