Prevalence of skin lesions and exposure to arsenic in drinking water in Iran

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-76

  Mosaferi, Mohammad ^a   Yunesian, Masud ^b   Dastgiri, Saeed ^a   Mesdaghinia, Alireza ^b   Esmailnasab, Nader ^c  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Drinking water; Iran; Lifetime intake; Skin lesions

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; IRAN; POTABLE WATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

CLUSTER-SAMPLING TECHNIQUES; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LIFETIME INTAKE; SKIN LESIONS;

SKIN;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERKERATOSIS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; WATER ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IRAN; KERATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; KORDESTAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 36549038149     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.09.035     Document Type: Article

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