Antimony: An unlikely confounder in the relationship between well water arsenic and health outcomes in Bangladesh

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 809-811

  McCarty, Kathleen M ^a   Senn, David B ^a   Kile, Molly L ^a   Quamruzzaman, Quazi ^b   Rahman, Mahmuder ^b   Mahiuddin, Golam ^b   Christiani, David C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Dhaka Community Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Antimony; Arsenic; Bangladesh; Drinking water; Tube well

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 3042648867     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6800     Document Type: Article

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