Elevated levels of arsenic and fluoride, but not selenium, associated with endemic disease in the Chinese village of Dazhuyuan, Shaanxi Province

Fluoride

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-38

  Wang, Zhifang ^a   Guo, Xiong ^a   Bai, Guanglu ^b   Lei, Yanxia ^a   Wang, Yudong ^a   Fan, Zhongxue ^b   Zhang, Qiang ^a   Ding, Yueqing ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shaanxi Provincial Institute for Endemic Disease Control   (China)

^c Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Ankang   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic pollution; Dazhuyuan; Fluoride pollution; Food contamination; Selenium pollution; Shaanxi province

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; SELENIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELENOSIS; URINALYSIS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67649406166     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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