Arsenic-related mortality in Bangladesh

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9737, 2010, Pages 213-214

  Karagas, Margaret R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77955048911     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61002-1     Document Type: Note

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