Arsenic and Rice: Translating Research to Address Health Care Providers' Needs

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 797-803

  Lai, Pui Y ^a,b,c   Cottingham, Kathryn L ^d,e   Steinmaus, Craig ^f   Karagas, Margaret R ^d,g   Miller, Mark D ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Children s Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Center at Dartmouth   (United States)

^e Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN;

CEREAL; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INFANT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; RICE BRAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADOLESCENT; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORYZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARSENIC; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARCINOGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; ORYZA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938630912     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.07.003     Document Type: Note

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