Arsenicosis status and urinary malondialdehyde (MDA) in people exposed to arsenic contaminated-coal in China

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 502-506

  Wang, Jian Ping ^a,b   Maddalena, Robyn ^a   Zheng, Baoshan ^c   Zai, Chen ^c   Liu, Faye ^a   Ng, Jack C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CRC CARE (Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environmen   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenicosis; Coal; Malondialdehyde; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; COAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RURAL AREAS;

ARSENIC EXPOSURE; ARSENICOSIS; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; INTERVENTION METHODS; LOCAL COMMUNITY; MALONDIALDEHYDE; STRONG CORRELATION; URINARY ARSENIC;

ARSENIC;

ALDEHYDE; ARSENIC; COAL; ENDEMISM; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYMPTOM; URINE; VILLAGE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

EID: 61449084723     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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