Estimation of arsenic intake from drinking water and food (Raw and cooked) in a rural village of Northern Chile. urine as a biomarker of recent exposure

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 5614-5633

  Diaz, Oscar Pablo ^a   Arcos, Rafael ^b   Tapia, Yasna ^c   Pastene, Rubén ^a   Velez, Dínoraz ^d   Devesa, Vicenta ^d   Montoro, Rosa ^d   Aguilera, Valeska ^a   Becerra, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Ealth Service of Calama   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Area; Arsenic; Drinking water; Endemic; Food; Urine

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD INTAKE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHILE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOKED FOOD; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAW FOOD; RURAL AREA; URINALYSIS; URINE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEGETABLE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD GRAIN; MIDDLE AGED; RECALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; BIOMARKERS; CHILE; COOKING; DRINKING WATER; EDIBLE GRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84930685941     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120505614     Document Type: Article

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