Urinary arsenic levels in the French adult population: The French National Nutrition and Health Study, 2006-2007

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 206-215

  Saoudi, Abdessattar ^a   Zeghnoun, Abdelkrim ^a   Bidondo, Marie Laure ^a   Garnier, Robert ^b   Cirimele, Vincent ^c   Persoons, Renaud ^d   Fréry, Nadine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b Centre Antipoison (CAP)   (France)

^c ChemTox à Strasbourg ^*  (France)

^d GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Environmental exposure; Population study; Urinary biomarker

Indexed keywords

ADULT POPULATIONS; DIETARY INTAKES; DIMETHYLARSINIC ACIDS; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTH-STUDY; INORGANIC ARSENIC; MONOMETHYLARSONIC ACIDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION STUDY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD PRODUCTS; URINARY ARSENIC; URINARY BIOMARKERS; URINE COLLECTION;

BIOMARKERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAVY METALS; METABOLITES; NUTRITION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CACODYLIC ACID; CREATININE; METHANEARSONIC ACID;

ARSENIC; BIOMARKER; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863732559     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.053     Document Type: Article

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