Cancer Burden from Arsenic in Drinking Water in Bangladesh

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 741-744

  Chen, Yu ^a   Ahsan, Habibul ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESPAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TAIWAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 2342441333     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.94.5.741     Document Type: Article

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