Nitarsone, inorganic arsenic, and other arsenic species in Turkey meat: Exposure and risk assessment based on a 2014 U.S. market basket sample

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 363-369

  Nachman, Keeve E ^a   Love, David C ^a   Baron, Patrick A ^a   Nigra, Anne E ^a,b   Murko, Manuela ^c   Raber, Georg ^c   Francesconi, Kevin A ^c   Navas Acien, Ana ^a,b  

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

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CACODYLIC ACID; METHANEARSONIC ACID; NITARSONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ORGANOARSENIC DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST TISSUE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURKEY (BIRD); TURKEY MEAT; ANALYSIS; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MEAT; NUTRITION; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEAT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85014348942     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/EHP225     Document Type: Article

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