Co-occurrence of arseniasis and Xuorosis due to indoor combustion of high Xuorine and arsenic content coal in a rural township in northwest China: Epidemiological and toxicological aspects

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 839-847

  Lin, Guo Fang ^a   Gong, Shi You ^b   Wei, Cheng ^c   Chen, Ji Gang ^d   Golka, Klaus ^a,e   Shen, Jian Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b County Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Ziyang ^*  (China)

^c Township Clinics of Haoping   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arseniasis; Coal; Endemia; Fluorosis; Indoor combustion

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COAL; FLUORINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CHINA; COMBUSTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUOROSIS; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFANT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DEFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FLUORINE; FLUOROSIS, DENTAL; HEATING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866021536     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-011-0792-0     Document Type: Article

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