Arsenic in public water supplies and cardiovascular mortality in Spain

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 448-454

  Medrano, Ma José ^a   Boix, Raquel ^a   Pastor Barriuso, Roberto ^a   Palau, Margarita ^b   Damián, Javier ^a   Ramis, Rebeca ^a,c   del Barrio, José Luis ^d   Navas Acien, Ana ^e,f  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b Subdirección General de Sanidad Ambiental y Salud Laboral   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cardiovascular diseases; Drinking water; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; WATER;

ARSENIC; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; WATER SUPPLY;

AGED; ARSENIC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

SPAIN;

EID: 77953618817     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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