Boron exposure assessment using drinking water and urine in the North of Chile

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 410-411, Issue , 2011, Pages 96-101

  Cortes, S ^a   Reynaga Delgado, E ^b   Sancha, A M ^c   Ferreccio, C ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Boron; Chile; Drinking water; Exposure; Human; Urine

Indexed keywords

BOTTLED WATER; CHILE; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE LEVEL; HUMAN; ICP-OES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SPECTROSCOPY; MEDIAN VALUE; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NORTHERN CHILE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGULATORY STANDARDS; TAP WATER; URINE;

BODY FLUIDS; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; SPECTROSCOPY; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

POTABLE WATER;

BORON; DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER;

BIOSAFETY; BORON; DRINKING WATER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; STANDARD (REFERENCE); URINE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; URINE LEVEL; VOLUNTEER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER SAMPLING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORON; CHILE; CITIES; DRINKING WATER; HUMANS; MALE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ARICA; ARICA AND PARINACOTA; CHILE;

EID: 80655148941     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.08.073     Document Type: Article

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