Localization and speciation of mercury in brown rice with implications for pan-Asian public health

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 7974-7981

  Meng, Bo ^a   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Qiu, Guangle ^a   Anderson, Christopher W N ^b   Wang, Jianxu ^a   Zhao, Lei ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CULTIVATION; HEALTH RISKS; MERCURY (METAL); PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; GRAIN PROCESSING; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; INORGANIC MERCURY; POTENTIAL THREATS; STRONG LOCALIZATIONS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

CYSTEINE; HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; PHYTOCHELATIN;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CULTIVATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHYTOTOXICITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ALEURONE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BRAN; CHINA; ENDOSPERM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERICARP; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICE; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CHINA;

ASIA; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; ORYZA SATIVA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84904438607     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502000d     Document Type: Article

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