Arsenic speciation, distribution, and bioaccessibility in shrews and their food

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 529-538

  Moriarty, Maeve M ^a   Koch, Iris ^a   Reimer, Kenneth J ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADSORPTION; ARSENIC; FOOD INTAKE; POLLUTION EFFECT; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY BURDEN; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXOSKELETON; EXTRACTION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHREW; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD ANALYSIS; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; MINING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

INVERTEBRATA; SOREX CINEREUS; SORICIDAE;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INVERTEBRATES; MINING; NOVA SCOTIA; SHREWS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84861675394     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-011-9715-6     Document Type: Article

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