Arsenic exposure and childhood cancer - A systematic review of the literature

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 12-16

  Engel, Arnold ^b   Lamm, Steven H ^a  

^a Center for Epidemiology and Global Health   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; DRINKING WATER; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK;

ARSENIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOPLASMS; RISK;

ASIA; CANADA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; MASSACHUSETTS; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SOUTH ASIA; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; WEST BENGAL; WOBURN [MASSACHUSETTS];

EID: 55349110279     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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