Biomonitoring for environmental exposures to arsenic

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 509-524

  Orloff, Kenneth ^a   Mistry, Ketna ^a   Metcalf, Susan ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENOBETAINE;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NAIL; REVIEW; URINE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUE;

ARSENIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAIR; HUMANS; NAILS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77949514852     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: 15216950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10937400903358934     Document Type: Review

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