Arsenic exposure of rural populations from the Rift Valley of Ethiopia as monitored by keratin in toenails

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-126

  Merola, R Brittany ^a   Kravchenko, Julia ^b   Rango, Tewodros ^a   Vengosh, Avner ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

arsenic; bioaccumulation; keratin; nails; Rift Valley; water quality

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; KERATIN; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAIL; RURAL POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENICALS; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; KERATINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAILS; RURAL POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84896723549     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.77     Document Type: Article

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