Dietary arsenic exposure with low level of arsenic in drinking water and biomarker: A study in West Bengal

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 555-564

  Mazumder, Debendra Nath Guha ^a   Deb, Debasree ^a,f   Biswas, Anirban ^a,g   Saha, Chandan ^b   Nandy, Ashoke ^b   Das, Arabinda ^c   Ghose, Aloke ^a   Bhattacharya, Kallol ^d   Mazumdar, Kunal Kanti ^a,e  

^a DNGM Research Foundation   (India)

^b CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

^c Department of Statistics   (India)

^d BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

arsenic in diet; arsenic in urine; Arsenic in water; arsenicosis; biomarker

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC DOSE; ARSENIC EXPOSURE; ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATERS; ARSENIC LEVELS; ARSENICOSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; SEPARATE ANALYSIS; URINARY ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; BIOMARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; DERMATOLOGY; NUTRITION;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC EXPOSURE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKED FOOD; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SKIN DEFECT; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892898844     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2014.859042     Document Type: Article

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