Magnitude of arsenic toxicity in tube-well drinking water in bangladesh and its adverse effects on human health including cancer: Evidence from a review of the literature

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-14

  Khan, M M H ^a   Sakauchi, Fumio ^a   Sonoda, Tomoko ^a   Washio, Masakazu ^a   Mori, Mitsuru ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic poisoning; Arsenicosis; Bladder cancer; Case control study; Hyperkeratosis; Keratosis; Leukomelanosis; Lung cancer; Melanosis; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; CHILE; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILE; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037714542     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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