Relations between exposure to arsenic, skin lesions, and glucosuria

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 277-281

  Rahman, Mahfuzar ^a   Tondel, Martin ^a   Chowdhury, Ireen Akhter ^b   Axelson, Olav ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Radda MCH FP Centre   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Glucosuria; Keratosis

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN DEFECT; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032993452     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.4.277     Document Type: Article

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