Chronic arsenic toxicity in West Bengal - The worst calamity in the world

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Guha Mazumer, D N ^a   Das Gupta, J ^a   Santra, A ^a   Pal, A ^a   Ghose, A ^a   Sarkar, S ^a,b  

^a IPGME and R   (India)

^b Department of Pathology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0008552989     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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