The effect of the Environmental Protection Agency maximum contaminant level on arsenic exposure in the USA from 2003 to 2014: an analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

The Lancet Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2017, Pages e513-e521

  Nigra, Anne E ^a   Sanchez, Tiffany R ^a   Nachman, Keeve E ^b,c   Harvey, David E ^d   Chillrud, Steven N ^e   Graziano, Joseph H ^a   Navas Acien, Ana ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

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

^d U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

^e International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENOBETAINE; CACODYLIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NUTRITION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85034046158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24682667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2468-2667(17)30195-0     Document Type: Article

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