Arsenic in drinking water and the prevalence of respiratory effects in West Bengal, India

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1047-1052

  Mazumder, Debendra N Guha ^a   Haque, Reina ^b   Ghosh, Nilima ^a   De, Binay K ^a   Santra, Amal ^a   Chakrabortic, Dipankar ^c   Smith, Allan H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cross sectional study; Drinking water; Hyperpigmentation; India; Keratoses; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; KERATOSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SMOKING; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 0034537817     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.6.1047     Document Type: Article

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