Chronic arsenic poisoning: A global health issue - A report of multiple primary cancers

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-206

  Walvekar, R R ^a   Kane, S V ^a   Nadkarni, M S ^a   Bagwan, I N ^a   Chaukar, D A ^a   D'Cruz, A K ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ACANTHOSIS; ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HAIR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INDIA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; NAIL; PARAKERATOSIS; SCALP; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN NODULE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX WALL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33846453614     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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