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Arsenic accumulation in rice: Consequences of rice genotypes and management practices to reduce human health risk.
Environment international - 1 Nov 2016
Islam Shofiqul, Rahman Mohammad Mahmudur, Islam M R, Naidu Ravi
Abstract excerpt
Rice is an essential staple food and feeds over half of the world's population. Consumption of rice has increased from limited intake in Western countries some 50years ago to major dietary intake now. Rice consumption represents a major route for inorganic arsenic (As) exposure in many countries, especially for people with a large proportion of rice in their daily diet as much as 60%. Rice plants are more...
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