Arsenic and environmental health: State of the science and future research opportunities

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 890-899

  Carlin, Danielle J ^a   Naujokas, Marisa F ^b   Bradham, Karen D ^c   Cowden, John ^c   Heacock, Michelle ^a   Henry, Heather F ^a   Lee, Janice S ^d   Thomas, David J ^e   Thompson, Claudia ^a   Tokar, Erik J ^a   Waalkes, Michael P ^a   Birnbaum, Linda S ^a   Suk, William A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MDB Inc   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; DATA BASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); METABOLOMICS; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (U.S.); PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84977119942     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1510209     Document Type: Review

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