Arsenicosis history and research progress in Mainland China

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 377-381

  Sun, Guifan ^a   Xu, Yuanyuan ^a   Zheng, Quanmei ^a   Xi, Shuhua ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenicosis diagnosis; Arsenicosis history; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC POISONING; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CHINA; EPIDEMIC; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CHINA; DRINKING WATER; HUMANS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 80052697120     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2011.05.004     Document Type: Review

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