Arsenic, drinking water, and health: A position paper of the American Council on Science and Health

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 162-174

  Brown, Kenneth G ^a   Ross, Gilbert L ^b  

^a KBinc   (United States)

^b American Council on Science and Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC POISONING; BLADDER CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; FOOD; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SKIN CANCER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036978660     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.2002.1573     Document Type: Review

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