The effect of arsenic mitigation interventions on disease burden in Bangladesh

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1172-1177

  Lokuge, Kamalini M ^a   Smith, Wayne ^b   Caldwell, Bruce ^a   Dear, Keith ^a   Milton, Abul H ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arsenic adverse effects; Bangladesh; Burden of disease; Diarrhea; Risk assessment; Water pollutants; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SANITATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 4344676174     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6866     Document Type: Article

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