Evaluation of health risk and arsenic levels in vegetables sold in markets of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Salamanca (Spain) by hydride generation atomic absorption spectroscopy

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 620-625

  Anawar, Hossain Md ^a,b,c   Garcia Sanchez, A ^a   Hossain, Md Nur ^c   Akter, Shamima ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c COSDEE Ltd ^*  (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Food chain; Health risk; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ALMERIA; ARSENIC LEVELS; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BANGLADESH; FOOD CHAIN; HYDRIDE GENERATIONS; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; POTENTIAL HEALTH;

ARSENIC; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; COMMERCE; HEALTH RISKS;

VEGETABLES;

ARSENIC; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BANGLADESH; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; VEGETABLE;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84867581305     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0692-x     Document Type: Article

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