Chronic arsenicosis in goats with special reference to its exposure, excretion and deposition in an arsenic contaminated zone

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 372-376

  Rana, Tanmoy ^a   Bera, Asit Kumar ^a   Bhattacharya, Debasis ^a   Das, Subhashree ^a   Pan, Diganta ^a   Das, Subrata Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; BCF, BTF; Environmental and biological samples; Goat

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFER FACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES ANALYSIS; GOAT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; URINALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BODY BURDEN; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FECES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HAIR; HUMANS; INDIA; MEAT; ORYZA SATIVA; POACEAE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 84863422037     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2011.12.026     Document Type: Article

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