Studies on exposure status of inhabitants to water-arsenic valence states in areas with endemic arsenism in the Datong basin in Shanxi

Frontiers of Medicine in China

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 219-222

  Li, Jun ^a   Cheng, Xiaotian ^a   Wang, Zhenghui ^a   Wen, Xinping ^a   Han, Lingling ^a   Sang, Zhiping ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Duan, Hushun ^a   Liang, Binfeng ^a   Gao, Jianguo ^a  

^a Shanxi Institute for Prevention and Treatment of Endemic Disease   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic poisoning; Endemic diseases; Valence state

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249983627     PISSN: 16737342     EISSN: 16737458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11684-007-0042-2     Document Type: Article

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