NDLI: Community exposure to arsenic in the Mekong river delta, Southern Vietnam.

Content Provider	World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus
Author	Hanh, Hoang Thi Kim, Kyoung-Woong Bang, Sunbaek Hoa, Nguyen My
Spatial Coverage	Vietnam
Description	Author Affiliation: Hanh HT ( School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 261 Cheom-dan, Gwagiro, Bukgu, Gwangju, 500-712, Republic of Korea.)
Abstract	We examined the daily inorganic arsenic (i-As) intake from drinking water and rice in 45 households (75 individuals) in the An Giang province, Southern Vietnam. The daily i-As intake ranged from 28-102 µg d(-1), equivalent to the daily dose of 0.6-1.9 µg d(-1) kg((body wt))(-1). Increased As concentrations were observed in human hair in the study location. Approximately 67% (n = 44), 42% (n = 28), and 15% (n = 10) of the hair samples had As levels exceeding 1, 3, and 10 µg g(-1), respectively. The total As concentrations in female and male hair correlated well with the total daily i-As intake. Measurement of As concentrations in the hair of people who were consuming or had previously consumed As from contaminated sources may help predict the onset of negative health effects. We suggested an application of the Bayes's theorem to calculate the probability that an individual in a population will acquire a negative health effect, given that the concentration of arsenic in the subject's hair has been determined.
File Format	HTM / HTML
ISSN	14640325
Issue Number	7
Volume Number	13
e-ISSN	14640333
Journal	Journal of Environmental Monitoring
Language	English
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
Publisher Date	2011-07-01
Publisher Place	Great Britain (UK)
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Discipline Environmental Health Arsenic Metabolism Environmental Exposure Analysis Biological Markers Diet Statistics & Numerical Data Environmental Pollutants Female Hair Humans Male Oryza Sativa Chemistry Rivers Vietnam Water Supply Journal Article Research Support, Non-u.s. Gov't
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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