Arsenical association: Inorganic arsenic may accumulate in the meat of treated chickens

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Schmidt, Charles W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ROXARSONE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CHICKEN MEAT; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84879580400     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.121-a226     Document Type: Article

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