Diabetes mellitus associated with arsenic exposure in Bangladesh

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 198-203

  Rahman, Mahfuzar ^a   Tondel, Martin ^a   Ahmad, Sk Akhtar ^b   Axelson, Olav ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Ecology; Environment; Keratosis; Prevalence; Water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; DIABETES; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTAKE; GLUCOSURIA; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KERATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0032527786     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009624     Document Type: Article

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