Food sources of arsenic in pregnant Mediterranean women with high urine concentrations of this metalloid

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 11689-11698

  Fort, Marta ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^a   Casas, Maribel ^b   Sunyer, Jordi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Fish; Maternal urine; Mediterranean populations; Seafood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893940596     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2614-4     Document Type: Article

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