Association of rice and rice-product consumption with arsenic exposure early in life

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 609-616

  Karagas, Margaret R ^a,b   Punshon, Tracy ^a,c   Sayarath, Vicki ^a,b   Jackson, Brian P ^a,c   Folt, Carol L ^a,c,d   Cottingham, Kathryn L ^a,c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CACODYLIC ACID; METHANEARSONIC ACID; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREAL; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; FISH; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE DENSITY; RICE; RICE FLOUR; RICE PRODUCT; SEA FOOD; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; URINALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; BABY FOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORYZA; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENICALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORYZA; SNACKS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969964396     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0120     Document Type: Article

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