Arsenic

Arsenic - WHO 1981 - 174 p. tabls., grafs. - Environmental Health Criteria .

Summary and recommendations for further research Summary Properties and analytical procedures Environmental transport and distribution Exposure Metabolism Normal levels in man and biological indicators of exposure Effects and evaluation of health risks Recommendations for further studies Properties and analytical procedures Chemical and physical properties of arsenic compounds Analytical procedures Analytical methods Sources and occurrence of arsenic in the environment Natural occurrence Industrial production and uses of arsenic Environmental transport and distribution General Aquatic systems Air-soil systems Levels of exposure to arsenic and its compounds General population exposure through air, drinking water, food, and beverages Metabolism of arsenic Inorganic arsenic Absorption Distribution in organisms Elimination Biotransformation Organic arsenic compounds Absorption Distribution in organisms Elimination Biotransformation Normal levels in man biological indicators of exposure Blood Urine Hair Other tissues Effects and dose-response relationships of organic arsenic Acute and subacute effects after short-term exposure Effects on reproduction and teratogenicity Noncarcinogenic effects after long-term exposure and sequelae of short-term exposure to organic arsenic Carcinogenicity Mutagenicity Mechanisms of toxicity Effects and dose-response relationships of organic arsenic compounds Acute and chronic toxicity Teratogenicity Carcinogenicity Mutagenicity Mechanisms of toxicity Interactions with other chemicals Thiol-compounds Selenium Cadmium and lead Evaluation of health risks to man from exposure to arsenic Exposure Inorganic arsenic compounds Organic arsenic compounds Assessment of the cancer risk for man from exposure to inorganic arsenic


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