Hypertension in chronic arsenic exposure: A case control study in West Bengal

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1514-1520

  Mazumder, Debendra Guha ^a   Purkayastha, Ishanikar ^a   Ghose, Aloke ^a   Mistry, Goutom ^b   Saha, Chandan ^b   Nandy, Ashoke K ^b   Das, Arabinda ^c   Majumdar, Kunal K ^d  

^a DNGM Research Foundation   (India)

^b CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

^c Department of Statistics   (India)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic and hypertension; Arsenic in hair; Arsenic in unexposed population

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC EXPOSURE; ARSENIC LEVELS; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE EFFECTS; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; ODDS RATIOS; SKIN LESION; URINE SAMPLE; WATER SAMPLES; WEST BENGAL; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SKIN DEFECT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SKIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862840256     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2012.680329     Document Type: Article

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