Homeopathic remedy for arsenic toxicity?: Evidence-based findings from a randomized placebo-controlled double blind human trial

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 141-150

  Belon, Philippe ^a   Banerjee, Antara ^b   Karmakar, Susanta Roy ^b   Biswas, Surjyo Jyoti ^b   Choudhury, Sandipan Chaki ^b   Banerjee, Pathikrit ^b   Das, Jayanta Kumar ^b   Pathak, Surajit ^b   Guha, Bibhas ^b   Paul, Saili ^b   Bhattacharjee, Nandini ^b   Khuda Bukhsh, Anisur Rahman ^b  

^a Boiron   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic toxicity; Blood pathology; Cytogenetical and biochemical biomarkers; Homeopathic remedy; Human trial

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TOXICITY; CYTOGENETICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL BIOMARKERS; HOMEOPATHIC REMEDY;

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; TOXICITY;

DRUG THERAPY;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ARSENIC; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; DRINKING WATER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLUTATHIONE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO;

ARSENIC; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TEST; URINE;

APPETITE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRINKING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; ARSENICALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS;

ASIA; DASDIYA; EURASIA; INDIA; NADIA; PADUMBASAN; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 34548049224     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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