Arsenic

International Encyclopedia of Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 233-238

  Meliker, J R ^a   Nriagu, J O ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenate; Arsenite; Dimethyl arsenic; Food; Groundwater; Lung cancer; Monomethyl arsenic; Poison; Skin discoloration; Toenails; Urine; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884435378     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012373960-5.00295-1     Document Type: Chapter

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