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Arsenic hydride, AsH3, prepared by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on sodium or zinc arsenides. Arsine is a colourless, highly poisonous gas with an unpleasant odour, and is a very powerful reducing agent. It burns in air with a clear blue flame, giving water vapour and a black deposit of arsenic.



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Urinary arsenic levels (AsU) were studied only in Polish and Czech children and were measured after arsine generation as the sum of inorganic arsenic and its methylated metabolites (monomethylarsonic acid, dimethylarsinic acid) without notable interference by seafood trimethylated arsenicals (Buchet et al.
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