Prevalence of arsenicosis in Terai, Nepal

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 246-252

  Maharjan, Makhan ^a   Shrestha, Roshan R ^a   Ahmad, Sk Akhtar ^b   Watanabe, Chiho ^c   Ohtsuka, Ryutaro ^d  

^a Environment and Public Health Organization   (Nepal)

^b National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenic contamination; Arsenicosis; Keratosis; Melanosis; Nepal; Prevalence; Skin lesions; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KERATOSIS; MALE; MELANOSIS; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; SKIN MANIFESTATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MALE; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33846519369     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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