High levels of inorganic arsenic in rice in areas where arsenic-contaminated water is used for irrigation and cooking

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4645-4655

  Rahman, M Azizur ^a,b   Hasegawa, H ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Dietary intake; Inorganic arsenic; Rice

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC SPECIATION; ASIAN COUNTRIES; BANGLADESH; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; COOKED RICE; DIETARY INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKES; DRY SEASONS; HOT SPOT; INORGANIC ARSENIC; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RICE; RICE CULTIVATION; RICE GRAINS; STAPLE FOOD; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TOXIC SPECIES; WEST BENGAL;

ARSENIC; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; IRRIGATION; POTABLE WATER; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; BIOAVAILABILITY; CULTIVATION; DIET; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RICE;

COOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW FOOD; REVIEW; RICE; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ARSENIC; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ORYZA SATIVA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BANGLADESH; BENGAL;

EID: 80053339891     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.07.068     Document Type: Review

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