Arsenic in drinking water: A natural killer in Bangladesh and beyond

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 183, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 562-563

  Ng, Jack C ^a   Moore, Michael R ^b  

^a University of South Australia and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISASTER; EDITORIAL; FILTRATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 29444454664     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb00034.x     Document Type: Editorial

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