Factors impacting on the excess arseniasis prevalence due to indoor combustion of high arsenic coal in a hyperendemic village

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-440

  Lin, Guo Fang ^a   Meng, Hong ^b   Du, Hui ^c   Lu, Hong Chao ^c   Zhou, Yun Shu ^c   Chen, Ji Gang ^d   Golka, Klaus ^e   Lu, Jia Chun ^f   Shen, Jian Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Prefecture Center for Disease Prevention and Control of Southwest Guizhou Buyi   (China)

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

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

^f GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arseniasis; Clan consanguinity; Coal; Ethnicity; Indoor combustion

Indexed keywords

COAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ARSENIC POISONING; CHILD; CHINA; COAL; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954667967     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-009-0494-6     Document Type: Article

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