Ischemic heart disease mortality reduction in an arseniasis-endemic area in southwestern Taiwan after a switch in the tap-water supply system

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 67, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1353-1361

  Chang, Chih Ching ^a   Ho, Shu Chen ^a   Tsai, Shang Shyue ^b   Yang, Chun Yuh ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; TAP WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; WATER SUPPLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARSENIC POISONING; CAUSALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

MELAMPODIUM;

EID: 4043109354     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390490471451     Document Type: Article

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