Multi-trace elements level in drinking water and the prevalence of multi-chronic arsenical poisoning in residents in the west area of Iran

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1523-1529

  Barati, A H ^a   Maleki, A ^a   Alasvand, M ^a  

^a KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Iran; Kurdistan Province; Multi chronic arsenical poisoning; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARSENIC; FOOD PRODUCTS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); RURAL AREAS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER; WATER ABSORPTION;

ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATERS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEYS; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; IRAN; KURDISTAN; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS;

POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DRINKING WATER; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; POISONING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HAND DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IRAN; KERATOSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; ADOLESCENT; PREVALENCE;

IRAN; KORDESTAN;

SOLEIDAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAN; PREVALENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952972051     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.12.035     Document Type: Article

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