A prospective study of the synergistic effects of arsenic exposure and smoking, sun exposure, fertilizer use, and pesticide use on risk of premalignant skin lesions in bangladeshi men

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-191

  Melkonian, Stephanie ^a   Argos, Maria ^a   Pierce, Brandon L ^a   Chen, Yu ^b   Islam, Tariqul ^c   Ahmed, Alauddin ^c   Syed, Emdadul H ^c   Parvez, Faruque ^d   Graziano, Joseph ^d   Rathouz, Paul J ^a   Ahsan, Habibul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

arsenic; Bangladesh; carcinogens, environmental

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; FERTILIZER; PESTICIDE;

ARSENIC; CANCER; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; FERTILIZER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PESTICIDE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISORDER; SMOKING; TOBACCO;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIOSAFETY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRECANCER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; SUN EXPOSURE;

ARAIHAZAR; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 78650654550     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq357     Document Type: Article

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