Hypertension and Arsenic Exposure in Bangladesh

Hypertension

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-78

  Rahman, Mahfuzar ^a   Tondel, Martin ^a   Ahmad, S Akhtar ^a   Chowdhury, Ireen Akhter ^a   Faruquee, Mohammad Hossain ^a   Axelson, Olav ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0032939812     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.33.1.74     Document Type: Article

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