A comprehensive evaluation of inorganic arsenic in food and considerations for dietary intake analyses

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 496, Issue , 2014, Pages 299-313

  Lynch, Heather N ^a   Greenberg, Grace I ^a   Pollock, Margaret C ^a   Lewis, Ari S ^a  

^a GRADIENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Dietary exposure; Food; Inorganic arsenic; Risk assessment; Speciated

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; DIETARY EXPOSURE; DIETARY INTAKES; INORGANIC ARSENIC; INORGANIC ARSENIC IN FOODS; SPECIATED;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; ARSENOBETAINE; ARSENOSUGAR; CACODYLIC ACID; INORGANIC ARSENIC; METHANEARSONIC ACID; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FOOD; KNOWLEDGE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIETARY INTAKE; DRY WEIGHT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWEED; ANALYSIS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ARSENIC; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84905455089     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.032     Document Type: Article

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