Human exposure to arsenic through foodstuffs cultivated using arsenic contaminated groundwater in areas of West Bengal, India

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1259-1265

  Samal, Alok C ^a   Kar, Sandeep ^b   Bhattacharya, Piyal ^a   Santra, Subhas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bengal Delta; food chain; human exposure

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC EXPOSURE; AS CONTENT; BENGAL DELTA; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; COOKED FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN SUBJECTS; INTENSIVE RESEARCH; MEAN VALUES; POTENTIAL HEALTH; POTENTIAL RISKS; URINE SAMPLE; WEST BENGAL; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

ARSENIC; BODY FLUIDS; CROPS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; VEGETABLES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; INGESTION; URINALYSIS; VEGETABLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ARSENIC; CHILD; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ORYZA SATIVA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VEGETABLES;

ARUM; EQUUS ASINUS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 80052498137     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2011.598810     Document Type: Article

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