Health effects of ingesting arsenic-contaminated groundwater

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 100-104

  Haupert, Terry A ^a   Wiersma, James H ^a   Goldring, Jay M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HAIR LOSS; HEADACHE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SKIN DISCOLORATION; TREMOR; ULCER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030067025     PISSN: 00436542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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