Getting to the bottom of arsenic standards and guidelines

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4395-4399

  Meharg, Andrew A ^a   Raab, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GUIDELINE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD (REGULATION); WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC POISONING; CANCER RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; LIMIT OF DETECTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953515458     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9034304     Document Type: Review

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