High exposure to inorganic arsenic by food: the need for risk reduction

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2219-2227

  Gundert Remy, Ursula ^a   Damm, Georg ^a   Foth, Heidi ^b   Freyberger, Alexius ^c   Gebel, Thomas ^d   Golka, Klaus ^e   Röhl, Claudia ^f   Schupp, Thomas ^g   Wollin, Klaus Michael ^h   Hengstler, Jan Georg ^e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^h Lower Saxony Governmental Institute of Public Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking water; Human exposure; Regulatory toxicology; Rice; Risk assessment; Risk management; Threshold values

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

BABY FOOD; CARCINOGENICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; MILK; NEOPLASM; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICE; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN DEFECT; TOXICOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; ORYZA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARSENIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; ORYZA; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84949321581     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-015-1627-1     Document Type: Review

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