Evaluation of the hypothesis that Balkan endemic nephropathy is caused by drinking water exposure to contaminants leaching from Pliocene coal deposits

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 515-524

  Voice, Thomas C ^a   McElmurry, Shawn P ^a   Long, David T ^b   Dimitrov, Plamen ^c   Ganev, Varban S ^d   Peptropoulos, Evangelos A ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Center of Public Health Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Balkan endemic nephropathy; Bulgaria; Drinking water; Pliocene lignite; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; COAL; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; COAL MINING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; FLUID INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LEACHING; LONG TERM CARE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; BULGARIA; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FLUORENES; HUMANS; PHENANTHRENES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33751071320     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500489     Document Type: Article

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