Long-Term prospective study of 6104 survivors of arsenic poisoning during infancy due to contaminated milk powder in 1955

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 439-445

  Tanaka, Hideo ^a   Tsukuma, Hideaki ^b   Oshima, Akira ^b  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic poisoning; Food poisoning; Mortality; Prospective study; Standardized mortality ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARSENIC POISONING; BABY FOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SURVIVOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MILK; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ADVERSE EVENTS; ANIMALS; ARSENIC POISONING; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; JAPAN; MALE; MILK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78449239571     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20090131     Document Type: Article

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