Public health responses to arsenic in rice and other foods

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1395-1396

  Navas Acien, Ana ^a,b   Nachman, Keeve E ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CACODYLIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ROXARSONE;

AIR POLLUTION; COCCIDIOSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RICE; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 84882286565     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6405     Document Type: Note

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