Water Consumption as Source of Arsenic, Chromium, and Mercury in Children Living in Rural Yucatan, Mexico: Blood and Urine Levels

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 452-459

  Arcega Cabrera, F ^a   Fargher, L F ^b   Oceguera Vargas, I ^a   Norena Barroso E ^a   Yanez Estrada L ^c   Alvarado, J ^d   Gonzalez L ^d   Moo Puc, R ^b   Perez Herrera N ^d   Quesadas Rojas, M ^a   Perez Medina S ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Blood; Children; Cultural patterns; Metals; Urine; Water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BLOOD; CHROMIUM; DETOXIFICATION; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; POTABLE WATER; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS); WATER;

BLOOD AND URINE SAMPLES; CHILDREN; CULTURAL PATTERNS; DETOXIFICATION PROCESS; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; URINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

RURAL AREAS;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; DRINKING WATER; MERCURY;

ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHILD; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MEXICO; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; URINE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; CHILD; CHROMIUM; DRINKING; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MERCURY; MEXICO; RURAL POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85026822337     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-017-2147-x     Document Type: Article

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