Biomonitoring of arsenic in urine and saliva of children playing on playgrounds constructed from chromated copper arsenate-treated wood

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3986-3991

  Lew, Kristi ^a   Acker, Jason P ^a,b   Gabos, Stephan ^c   Le, X Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^c Health Surveillance Branch   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC EXPOSURE; ARSENIC SPECIATION ANALYSIS; ARSENIC SPECIES; ARSENOBETAINE; BIOMONITORING; CHROMATED COPPER ARSENATE; DIMETHYLARSINIC ACIDS; HIGH FREQUENCY; MONOMETHYLARSONIC ACIDS; TREATED WOOD; URINE SAMPLE;

BODY FLUIDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; WOOD PRESERVATION;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENOBETAINE; CACODYLIC ACID; CHROMIC ACID; COPPER; METHANEARSONIC ACID;

ARSENIC; BIOMONITORING; CHILD; CHROMATE; COPPER; HEALTH RISK; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLAY; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; URINE; WOOD;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; SALIVA; SALIVA ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE; WOOD;

ARSENIC; CHILD; CHROMATES; HUMANS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SALIVA; WOOD;

ARSENIC; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; EXPOSURE; SAMPLES; WOOD PRESERVATION;

EID: 77952484003     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100128n     Document Type: Article

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