Children do not like arsenic in their food

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 424-425

  Da Sacco, Letizia ^a   Masotti, Andrea ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

DANGEROUS GOODS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; PESTICIDES;

EID: 84862539234     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2012.10     Document Type: Letter

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