Recent Advances in the Measurement of Arsenic, Cadmium, and Mercury in Rice and Other Foods

Current environmental health reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-24

  Jackson, Brian P ^a   Punshon, Tracy ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Arsenic; Cadmium; Food; Mercury; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; MERCURY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORYZA; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY; ORYZA; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 85018214773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21965412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40572-014-0035-7     Document Type: Review

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