Risk assessment for ingested inorganic arsenic: A review and status report

D. Warner North

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Risk assessment for ingested inorganic arsenic: A review and status report

D. Warner North

Environmental Geochemistry and Health Vol. 14 No. 2 pp. 59-62 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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D. Warner North (1992). Risk assessment for ingested inorganic arsenic: A review and status report. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 14(2), 59-62. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01783630

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