Electrocardiographic abnormalities among arsenic-exposed persons through groundwater in Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-227

  Ahmad, Sk Akhtar ^a   Khatun, Fatema ^a   Sayed, M H Salim Ullah ^a   Khan, Manzurul Haque ^a   Aziz, Md Rashed ^b   Hossain, Mohammed Zakir ^c   Faruquee, M H ^d  

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

^b DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^c Directorate General of Health Services   (Bangladesh)

^d Asia Arsenic Network   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenic exposure; Arsenicosis; Bangladesh; Corrected QT interval; Cross sectional studies; ECG; Ischaemic heart disease; Left ventricular hypertrophy; QRS complex

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER;

ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULSE RATE; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INCOME; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33846520478     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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