Increased mortality from lung cancer and bronchiectasis in young adults after exposure to arsenic in utero and in early childhood

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1293-1296

  Smith, Allan H ^a   Marshall, Guillermo ^b   Yuan, Yan ^a   Ferreccio, Catterina ^b   Liaw, Jane ^a   von Ehrenstein, Ondine ^a   Steinmaus, Craig ^a,c   Bates, Michael N ^a   Selvin, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bronchiectasis; Childhood exposure; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Drinking water; In utero exposure

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILDHOOD; CHILE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME OF DEATH; WATER POLLUTION;

ADULT; ARSENIC; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33746866001     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8832     Document Type: Article

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