Chronic arsenic exposure and risk of infant mortality in two areas of Chile

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 667-673

  Hopenhayn Rich, Claudia ^a   Browning, Steven R ^a   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a   Ferreccio, Catterina ^b   Peralta, Cecilia ^a   Gibb, Herman ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Chile; Drinking water; Infant mortality; Neonatal death; Reproductive effect; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS MORTALITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0033838037     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108667     Document Type: Article

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