A follow-up study of mortality among the arseniasis patients exposed to indoor combustion of high arsenic coal in Southwest Guizhou Autonomous Prefecture, China

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-17

  Chen, Ji Gang ^a,b   Chen, Yu Gang ^c   Zhou, Yun Shu ^d   Lin, Guo Fang ^b   Li, Xiu Jie ^e   Jia, Chao Gang ^f   Guo, Wei Chao ^b   Du, Hui ^d   Lu, Hong Chao ^d   Meng, Hong ^g   Zhang, Xin Jiang ^h   Golka, Klaus ⁱ   Shen, Jian Hua ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^c County Center for Disease Prevention and Control of Xinren ^*  (China)

^d Prefecture Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^e Yuzhang Township Hospitals   (China)

^f County Institute of Public Health Supervision of Xinren ^*  (China)

^g SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h ZUNYI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arseniasis; Liver cirrhosis; Lung cancer; Mortality; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADULT; ARSENIASIS; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CHINESE; COMBUSTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ARSENIC POISONING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; COAL; FEMALE; FIRES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 34548055835     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0187-y     Document Type: Article

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