Evaluation of toxic risk assessment of arsenic in male subjects through drinking water in southern Sindh Pakistan

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 772-786

  Baig, Jameel Ahmed ^a   Kazi, Tasneem Gul ^a   Shah, Abdul Qadir ^a   Afridi, Hassan Imran ^a   Khan, Sumaira ^a   Kolachi, Nida Fatima ^a   Kandhro, Ghulam Abbas ^a   Wadhwa, Sham Kumar ^a   Shah, Faheem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Hazard quotient; Male; Scalp hair; Water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUID INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAIR LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PAKISTAN; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALP HAIR; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054768590     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-010-8933-5     Document Type: Article

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