Arseniasis prevalence and mortality in a multiethnic, endemic township in Guizhou, China

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-508

  Chen, Ji Gang ^a,b,c   Lin, Guo Fang ^a   Chen, Yu Gang ^c   Jia, Chao Gang ^d   Zhou, Yun Shu ^e   Meng, Hong ^f   Guo, Wei Chao ^a   Golka, Klaus ^g   Liu, Ke Jian ^h   Shen, Jian Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

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

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

^d County Institute of Public Health Supervision of Xingren ^*  (China)

^e Prefecture Center for Disease Prevention/Control of Southwest Guizhou Ethnic Buyi/MAP   (China)

^f SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arseniasis; Coal; Ethnicity; Indoor combustion; Mortality; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ARSENIC POISONING; CHINA; COAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 61349113391     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0353-x     Document Type: Article

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