Urine arsenic concentration and obstructive pulmonary disease in the U.S. population

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 716-727

  Amster, Eric D ^a   Cho, Jang Ik ^a   Christiani, David ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEGMON; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ARSENIC; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; EMPHYSEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956344028     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2011.556060     Document Type: Article

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