Association between hypertension and chronic arsenic exposure in drinking water: A cross-sectional study in Bangladesh

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4522-4536

  Islam, Mohammad Rafiqul ^a   Khan, Ismail ^b   Attia, John ^a   Hassan, Sheikh Mohammad Nazmul ^c   McEvoy, Mark ^a   D'Este, Catherine ^a   Azim, Syed ^d   Akhter, Ayesha ^e   Akter, Shahnaz ^f   Shahidullah, Sheikh Mohammad ^g   Milton, Abul Hasnat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^c Department of Public Health   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Tairunnessa Memorial Medical College   (Bangladesh)

^f Institute of Child and Mother Health Dhaka bd   (Bangladesh)

^g NGO Forum for Drinking Water   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Drinking water; Hypertension; Pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRINKING WATER; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PULSE PRESSURE; RURAL POPULATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84871555991     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9124522     Document Type: Article

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