Environmental hypothesis: Is poor dietary selenium intake an underlying factor for arsenicosis and cancer in Bangladesh and West Bengal, India?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 323, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 21-32

  Spallholz, Julian E ^a   Boylan, L Mallory ^a   Rhaman, M M ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenicosis; Arsenite; As, arsenic; Bangladesh; Cancer; Keratosis; Se, selenium; Selenium; Tube wells; UNICEF, United Nations Children's Fund; Water quality; West Bengal; WHO, World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPLEXATION; DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; SELENIUM; TOXICITY;

OXIDATIVE STRESS; TUBE WELLS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; SELENIUM;

ARSENIC; DIET; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; SELENIUM; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CARCINOMA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIA; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; HUMANS; INDIA; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842635409     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.09.034     Document Type: Article

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