Arsenic: bioaccessibility from seaweed and rice, dietary exposure calculations and risk assessment

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1993-2003

  Brandon, Esther F A ^a   Janssen, Paul J C M ^a   de Wit Bos, Lianne ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

arsenate; arsenite; bioavailability; inorganic arsenic; organic arsenic

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEAWEED;

ARSENATE; ARSENITE; BIOAVAILABILITY; INORGANIC ARSENIC; ORGANIC ARSENIC;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ARSENOBETAINE; ARSENOCHOLINE; DRINKING WATER; TETRAMETHYLARSONIUM ION; TRIMETHYLARSINE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARCINOGEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; IN VITRO STUDY; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWEED; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PLANT SEED; TOXICITY; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DIET; DIGESTION; DRINKING WATER; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NETHERLANDS; ORYZA SATIVA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWEED; SEEDS; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84913556159     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2014.974687     Document Type: Article

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