Consumption of arsenic and other elements from vegetables and drinking water from an arsenic-contaminated area of Bangladesh

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 262, Issue , 2013, Pages 1056-1063

  Rahman, Mohammad Mahmudur ^a,b   Asaduzzaman, Md ^a,b   Naidu, Ravi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CRC CARE Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Garden soil; Groundwater; Health risk; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SOILS; ZINC;

BODY WEIGHT; CADMIUMS (CD); DAILY INTAKE; FOOD SOURCES; GARDEN SOILS; GUIDELINE VALUES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

VEGETABLES;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATED LAND; DIURNAL VARIATION; DRINKING WATER; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; HOME GARDEN; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; TRACE ELEMENT; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BANGLADESH;

ARSENIC; GARDEN SOIL; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; VEGETABLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DIET; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887615415     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.06.045     Document Type: Article

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