Arsenic contamination in the food chain and its risk assessment of populations residing in the Mekong River basin of Cambodia

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 262, Issue , 2013, Pages 1064-1071

  Phan, Kongkea ^a,e   Sthiannopkao, Suthipong ^b   Heng, Savoeun ^c   Phan, Samrach ^c   Huoy, Laingshun ^c   Wong, Ming Hung ^d   Kim, Kyoung Woong ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Dong A University   (South Korea)

^c ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH   (Cambodia)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e Resource Development International Cambodia   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cambodia; Daily intake; Foodstuffs; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; FOOD SUPPLY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; CAMBODIA; DAILY INTAKE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOODSTUFFS; INORGANIC ARSENIC; MEKONG RIVER BASINS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; DIURNAL VARIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; PADDY FIELD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENT POPULATION; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CAMBODIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; LUNG CANCER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; RESIDENT; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SOIL; VEGETABLE;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG BASIN;

OROXYLUM INDICUM;

ARSENIC; CAMBODIA; DAILY INTAKE; FOODSTUFFS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CAMBODIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORYZA SATIVA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84887612397     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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