Health risks associated with chronic exposures to arsenic in the environment

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 435-449

  Mitchell, Valerie L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH; MINERALS; POTABLE WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

CHRONIC EXPOSURE; CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; HEALTH OUTCOMES; HUMAN HEALTH; KIDNEY CANCER; MALIGNANT SKIN; VASCULAR DISEASE;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 84938582110     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2014.79.8     Document Type: Article

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