Important considerations in the development of public health advisories for arsenic and arsenic-containing compounds in drinking water

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 211-229

  Tchounwou, P B ^a   Wilson, B ^a   Ishaque, A ^a  

^a Jackson State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic pollution; Health effects; Human exposure; Risk management options

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ANEMIA; ARGENTINA; BANGLADESH; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLADDER CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLON CANCER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EOSINOPHILIA; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INDIA; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CANCER; LIVER FIBROSIS; MEXICO; MORTALITY; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; TAIWAN; THAILAND; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICALS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0033508570     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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