Prevalence of arsenic exposure and skin lesions. A population based survey in Matlab, Bangladesh

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 242-248

  Rahman, Mahfuzar ^a   Vahter, Marie ^b   Wahed, Mohammad Abdul ^a,c   Sohel, Nazmul ^a   Yunus, Mohammad ^a   Streatfield, Peter Kim ^a   Arifeen, Shams El ^a   Bhuiya, Abbas ^a   Zaman, Khalequz ^a   Chowdhury, A Mushtaq R ^c   Ekström, Eva Charlotte ^d   Persson, Lars Åke ^a,d  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC; MORBIDITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KERATOSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; MATLAB; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33344463689     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.040212     Document Type: Review

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