Arsenic exposure and diabetes mellitus risk [7]

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1001-1003

  Lamm, Steven H ^a,b,c   Engel, Arnold ^a,b   Feinleib, Manning ^b,c  

^a Center for Epidemiology and Global Health   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC POISONING; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENDER; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; TAIWAN; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33750008394     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000237359.75757.25     Document Type: Letter

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