Manifestation of arsenicosis patients and factors determining the duration of arsenic symptoms in Bangladesh

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 78-86

  Hossain, M K ^a,b   Khan, M M H ^a,c   Alam, M A ^b   Chowdhury, A K ^b   Hossain, M Delwar ^d   Ahmed, M Feroze ^d   Kobayashi, Kota ^a   Sakauchi, Fumio ^a   Mori, Mitsuru ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^c JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenicosis; Contamination; Ground water; Keratosis; Melanosis; Tubewell

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BRONCHITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KERATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; WASTING SYNDROME; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MALE; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 24944441885     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2005.01.014     Document Type: Article

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