Time to revisit arsenic regulations: Comparing drinking water and rice

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sauvé, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cancer risks; Drinking water; Food safety; Rice

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; RICE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; CANADA; DRINKING WATER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; ORYZA SATIVA; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84902293321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-465     Document Type: Article

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