Arsenic: An ancient toxicant of continuous public health impact, from Iceman Ötzi until now

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 825-830

  Bolt, Hermann M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL POISON; TAP WATER;

ARSENIC POISONING; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HAIR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84866027139     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-012-0866-7     Document Type: Review

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