Deadly waters run deep: The global arsenic crisis

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Sharpe, Mike ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FILTRATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METHYLATION; NEUROTOXICITY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERENCE VALUES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0142062423     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b310795g     Document Type: Review

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