Assessment of human dietary exposure to arsenic through rice

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 586, Issue , 2017, Pages 1237-1244

  Davis, Matthew A ^a,b,c   Signes Pastor, Antonio J ^a   Argos, Maria ^d   Slaughter, Francis ^a   Pendergrast, Claire ^a   Punshon, Tracy ^a   Gossai, Anala ^a   Ahsan, Habibul ^e   Karagas, Margaret R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic metabolites; Bio monitoring; Dietary; Exposure; Rice; Toenails; Urine

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; OBSTETRICS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOMONITORING; DIETARY; EXPOSURE; RICE; TOENAILS; URINE;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH IMPACT; LITERATURE REVIEW; METABOLITE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RICE; URINE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RICE; ANALYSIS; DIETARY EXPOSURE; FEMALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; ORYZA; PREGNANCY;

ARSENIC; DIETARY EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ORYZA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85013669663     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.119     Document Type: Article

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