The metabolism of arsenite

• Other Authors: Santini, Joanne M., Ward, Seamus A.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2012.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Arsenic in the environment ; v. 5.
• Subjects: Arsenic > Metabolism.; Arsenic > Environmental aspects.; Drinking water > Arsenic content.; Arsenic in the body.; Arsenic cycle (Biogeochemistry); elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780203120187
• ISSN: 1876-6218 ;
• Physical Description: xxv, 189 p. : ill. (some col.), maps.

"Up to 200 million people in 70 countries are at risk from drinking water contaminated with arsenic, which is a major cause of chronic debilitating illnesses and fatal cancers. Until recently little was known about the mobility of arsenic, and how redox transformations determined its movement i...