Spatial relationship between arsenic in drinking water and Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in the Amansie West district, Ghana

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 707-717

  Duker, A A ^a   Carranza, E J M ^a   Hale, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Buruli ulcer; Groundwater; Mycobacterium ulcerans; Surface water

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASES; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; SKIN; STATISTICS; SURFACE WATERS;

BURULI ULCER; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; SKIN DISEASE; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTANT;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 31344481780     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461056950282     Document Type: Article

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