Total arsenic, inorganic arsenic, and other elements concentrations in Italian rice grain varies with origin and type

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 181, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-43

  Sommella, A ^a   Deacon, C ^b   Norton, G ^b   Pigna, M ^a   Violante, A ^a   Meharg, A A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food safety; Inorganic arsenic; Rice; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGINS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATIONS; INORGANIC ARSENIC; RICE; RICE GRAINS; TOTAL ARSENICS;

ARSENIC; FOOD SAFETY; NICKEL; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; INORGANIC ARSENIC; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SELENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD SAFETY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; REGIONAL PATTERN; RICE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ITALY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FOOD SAFETY; INORGANIC ARSENIC; RICE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; ORYZA SATIVA;

ITALY;

EID: 84879489020     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.05.045     Document Type: Article

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