Importance of Arsenic Speciation in Populations Exposed to Arsenic in Drinking Water

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1271-1291

  Spayd, Steven E ^a,b   Robson, Mark G ^a,c,d   Xie, Ruimin ^c,e   Buckley, Brian T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CELGENE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

arsenic biomonitoring; drinking water; hydride generation; inorganic arsenic; urinary arsenic; water treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869173996     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.722824     Document Type: Article

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