The association between arsenic exposure from drinking water and cerebrovascular disease mortality in Taiwan

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5770-5776

  Cheng, Tain Junn ^a,b,c   Ke, Der Shin ^b   Guo, How Ran ^a,d,e  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Blackfoot disease endemic area; Cerebrovascular disease; Mortality study

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; POTABLE WATER;

ARSENIC EXPOSURE; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; BLACKFOOT DISEASE ENDEMIC AREA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; MORTALITY RATE; MORTALITY STUDY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIOS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARSENIC; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; DATA SET; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TAIWAN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78649463988     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.05.040     Document Type: Article

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