Presence of arsenic in Sri Lankan rice

International Journal of Food Contamination

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jayasumana, Channa ^a   Paranagama, Priyani ^b   Fonseka, Saranga ^b   Amarasinghe, Mala ^b   Gunatilake, Sarath ^c   Siribaddana, Sisira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrochemicals; Arsenic; Chronic kidney disease; Rice; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992559126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21962804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40550-015-0007-1     Document Type: Article

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