Prevalence of disability in an arsenic exposure area in Inner Mongolia, China

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 978-981

  Mao, Guangyun ^a   Guo, Xiaojuan ^a   Kang, Ruiying ^b   Ren, Chunsheng ^c   Yang, Zuopeng ^c   Sun, Yuansheng ^c   Zhang, Chuanwu ^a   Zhang, Xiaojing ^a   Zhang, Haitao ^b   Yang, Wei ^b  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c Wuyuan Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenic exposure; Cross sectional study; Disability; Drinking water; Inner Mongolia

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREAS;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; ARSENIC EXPOSURE; ARSENIC IN DRINKING WATERS; ARSENICAL SKIN LESIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; INNER MONGOLIA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; DISABILITY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LESION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISORDER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN DEFECT;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 77955171926     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.05.040     Document Type: Article

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