The case for visual analytics of arsenic concentrations in foods

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1970-1983

  Johnson, Matilda O ^a   Cohly, Hari H P ^b   Isokpehi, Raphael D ^b   Awofolu, Omotayo R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Foods; Risk assessment; Toxicity; Visual analytics

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; POLLUTANT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INGESTION; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PLANT INTOXICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION; TOXICOKINETICS; ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PHARMACOKINETICS; PLANT; POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PLANTS;

EID: 77954796787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7051970     Document Type: Review

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