Mitigating dietary arsenic exposure: Current status in the United States and recommendations for an improved path forward

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 581-582, Issue , 2017, Pages 221-236

  Nachman, Keeve E ^a,b   Ginsberg, Gary L ^c   Miller, Mark D ^d   Murray, Carolyn J ^e,f   Nigra, Anne E ^a   Pendergrast, Claire B ^g  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CDC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^f DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g Dartmouth Superfund Research Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Communication; Diet; EPA; FDA; Food; Juice; Policy; Relative source contribution; Rice

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COMMUNICATION; DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FOOD PRODUCTS; FRUIT JUICES; NUTRITION; PUBLIC POLICY; TOXICITY;

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; JUICE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; RICE; RISK-BASED EVALUATION; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; TOXICOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; INORGANIC ARSENIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; COMMUNICATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; VULNERABILITY;

APPLE JUICE; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BEVERAGE; CEREAL; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MONITORING; POLICY; RICE; RISK COMMUNICATION; STANDARDIZATION; TOXICOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; DIET; DIETARY EXPOSURE; FOOD GRAIN; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE; ORYZA; STANDARDS;

UNITED STATES;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; DIET; DIETARY EXPOSURE; EDIBLE GRAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICES; HUMANS; ORYZA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85008428202     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.112     Document Type: Article

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