Arsenic exposure from drinking water and staple food (rice): A field scale study in rural Bengal for assessment of human health risk
Arsenic is a well-known carcinogen with emerging reports showing a range of health outcomes even for low to moderate levels of exposure. This study deals with arsenic exposure and associated increased lifetime cancer risk for populations in arsenic-endemic regions of rural Bengal, where arsenic-safe...
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Main Authors: | Bratisha Biswas, Arijit Chakraborty, Debashis Chatterjee, Sreemanta Pramanik, Bhaswati Ganguli, Kunal Kanti Majumdar, Jerome Nriagu, Ketki Y. Kulkarni, Amit Bansiwal, Pawan Labhasetwar, Subhamoy Bhowmick |
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Language: | EN |
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Elsevier
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/18f8e3b43dbe419c9a9f392bfadb2346 |
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