Arsenic in drinking water

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7806, 2011, Pages

  Smith, Allan H ^a   Steinmaus, Craig M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

BLADDER CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INGESTION; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QT PROLONGATION; RISK FACTOR; WATER CONTAMINATION; ARSENIC POISONING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; NOTE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARSENIC POISONING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79955954897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d2248     Document Type: Editorial

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