Assessing arsenic exposure from consumption of seafood from Vieques-Puerto Rico: A pilot biomonitoring study using different biomarkers

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 162-175

  Mansilla Rivera, Imar ^a   Nazario, Cruz M ^a   Ramírez Marrero, Farah A ^b   Crespo, Carlos J ^c   Rodríguez Sierra, Carlos J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CACODYLIC ACID; CHROMIUM; METHANEARSONIC ACID;

ARSENIC; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HAIR; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEAFOOD; TOXICOLOGY; URINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; DRY WEIGHT; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; REFERENCE VALUE; SEA FOOD; SELF REPORT; SHELLFISH; URINALYSIS;

PUERTO RICO; VIEQUES;

ADULT; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84899475717     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-013-9962-9     Document Type: Article

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