Chronic arsenic toxicity: Studies in West Bengal, India

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 360-370

  Guha Mazumder, Debendranath ^a   Dasgupta, U B ^b  

^a DNGM Research Foundation   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic and chronic lung disease; Arsenic and liver disease; Arsenicosis; Genetic polymorphism; Genomic hypermethylation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P53; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE;

ANEMIA; ARSENIC POISONING; BLADDER CANCER; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FOOT EDEMA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTOXICITY; HAND EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; KERATOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; METHYLATION; MICRONUCLEUS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WEAKNESS;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CHRONIC DISEASE; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; SKIN DISEASES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 80052780998     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2011.05.003     Document Type: Review

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