Human arsenic exposure and risk assessment at the landscape level: A review

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 143-166

  Khan, Nasreen Islam ^a,b   Owens, Gary ^a   Bruce, David ^a   Naidu, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Exposure; GIS; Human health; Landscape; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

BIOMARKER; GIS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARSENIC POISONING; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 64749085260     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-008-9240-3     Document Type: Review

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