Environmental factors affecting the urinary excretion of inorganic arsenic in the general population

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 372-381

  Lovreglio, Piero ^a   D'Errico, Maria Nicolà ^a   De Pasquale, P ^a   Gilberti, Maria Enrica ^b   Drago, I ^a   Panuzzo, Laura ^a   Lepera, Antonella ^a   Serra, Rosaria ^a   Ferrara, F ^a   Basso, Antonella ^a   Apostoli, P ^b   Soleo, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Drinking water; Fish; Inorganic arsenic; Seafood

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARSENIC POISONING; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HABIT; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; ITALY; MALE; METHYLATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; SEA FOOD; URINE; WATER POLLUTANT; WINE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DRINKING WATER; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HABITS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; ITALY; MALE; METHYLATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEAFOOD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WINE;

EID: 84865787542     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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