Chronic arsenic toxicity in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India - A review and commentary

Journal of Toxicology - Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 683-700

  Rahman, M M ^a   Chowdhury, U K ^a   Mukherjee, S C ^a   Mondal, B K ^a   Paul, K ^a   Lodh, D ^a   Biswas, B K ^a   Chanda, C R ^a   Basu, G K ^a   Saha, K C ^a   Roy, S ^a   Das, R ^a   Palit, S K ^a   Quamruzzaman, Q ^a   Chakraborti, D ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIMERCAPROL; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; LEAD; PENICILLAMINE; SUCCIMER; SURFACE WATER; UNITHIOL; WELL WATER;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BANGLADESH; BODY BURDEN; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TOXICITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; KERATOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SKIN TOXICITY; SYMPTOM; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHELATING AGENTS; CHELATION THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INDIA; MELANOSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0001382234     PISSN: 07313810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CLT-100108509     Document Type: Article

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