Arsenic hazard in Cambodian rice from a market-based survey with a case study of Preak Russey village, Kandal Province

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 757-766

  Gilbert, Peter J ^a   Polya, David A ^b   Cooke, David A ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cambodia; Dietary As intake; Rice; Rice consumption; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CONSUMPTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RICE; WATER USE;

CAMBODIA; KANDAL;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS; CAMBODIA; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORYZA; QUESTIONNAIRE; THAILAND; VIET NAM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARSENIC; CAMBODIA; CHINA; DIET; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; ORYZA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84938417444     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: 15732983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-015-9696-x     Document Type: Article

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