Arsenic, organic foods, and brown rice syrup

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 623-626

  Jackson, Brian P ^a   Taylor, Vivien F ^a   Karagas, Margaret R ^b   Punshon, Tracy ^a   Cottingham, Kathryn L ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Baby formula; Brown rice syrup; Cereal bars; Energy bars; Organic foods; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DIMETHYLARSENATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY WEIGHT; CEREAL; DIET; HUMAN; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC BROWN RICE SYRUP; ORGANIC FOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RICE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861074912     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104619     Document Type: Article

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