Long-term impact of arsenic in drinking water on bladder cancer health care and mortality rates 20 years after end of exposure

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 856-861

  Fernández, Mario I ^a,b   López, J Francisco ^a,c   Vivaldi, Bruno ^a,c   Coz, Fernando ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL MILITAR DE SANTIAGO   (Chile)

^b Clnica Alemana ^*  (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

arsenic; carcinogens; environmental; urinary bladder neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; WATER SUPPLY;

AGED; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84857063373     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.10.157     Document Type: Article

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