Chronic arsenic exposure and its adverse health effects in Taiwan: A paradigm for management of a global environmental problem

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 411-416

  Lan, Cheng Che ^a,b,c   Yu, Hsin Su ^a,b   Ko, Ying Chin ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL TA TUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic arsenism; Health effect; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA REPAIR; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOLOGY; POLLUTION; REVIEW; SMOKING; TAIWAN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; HUMANS; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80052692225     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2011.05.009     Document Type: Review

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