Betel quid chewing elevates human exposure to arsenic, cadmium and lead

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 190, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 69-74

  Al Rmalli, Shaban W ^a   Jenkins, Richard O ^a   Haris, Parvez I ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Areca nut; Arsenic; Bangladesh; Cadmium; Lead; Piper betel

Indexed keywords

ARECA NUT; BANGLADESH; CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER; DAILY INTAKE; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PIPER BETEL; SKIN LESION; SLAKED LIME; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

CADMIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEAD; LIME; POTABLE WATER; TOBACCO;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; LEAD;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASMA; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREGNANCY; TOBACCO; TOLERANCE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BETEL NUT; FOOD INTAKE; INDIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOBACCO; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARECA; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; CADMIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEAD; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASTICATION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; PIPER BETLE; PREGNANCY; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS;

BANGLADESH; INDIA;

ARECA CATECHU; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 79956082485     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.02.068     Document Type: Article

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