Arsenic contamination and arsenicosis in China

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 268-271

  Sun, Guifan ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenicosis

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC POISONING; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COAL MINING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CHINA; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

MELAMPODIUM;

EID: 3242777067     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2003.10.017     Document Type: Review

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