Effect of arsenic-contaminated drinking water on skin cancer prevalence in Wisconsin's Fox River Valley

Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects V

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 155-163

  Knobeloch, Lynda ^a   Anderson, Henry ^a  

^a WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater; Outagamie; Skin cancer; Tobacco; Well; Winnebago; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO; WATER; WELLS;

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER; HISTORY INFORMATIONS; OUTAGAMIE; SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CANCERS; WINNEBAGO; WISCONSIN;

ARSENIC;

EID: 31344445942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044451441-7/50013-0     Document Type: Chapter

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