Dietary arsenic consumption and urine arsenic in an endemic population: Response to improvement of drinking water quality in a 2-year consecutive study

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 609-619

  Biswas, Anirban ^a,c   Deb, Debasree ^b,c   Ghose, Aloke ^c   Du Laing, Gijs ^d   De Neve, Jan ^d   Santra, Subhas Chandra ^a   Mazumder, Debendra Nath Guha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c DNGM Research Foundation   (India)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cooking water; Diet; Dose; Drinking water; Urine

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIETARY SHIFT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRINKING WATER; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOOD INTAKE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; URINE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; DIET; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891630701     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1947-8     Document Type: Article

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