Invited commentary: Use of arsenical skin lesions to predict risk of internal cancer - Implications for prevention and future research

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 213-216

  Ahsan, Habibul ^a,b   Steinmaus, Craig ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

arsenic; cancer; prevention; skin lesions

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARCINOGEN; DRINKING WATER;

ARSENIC; BIOMARKER; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRINKING WATER; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH IMPACT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISORDER; SMOKING; WATER POLLUTION;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROSTATE CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TAIWAN; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UROTHELIUM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC POISONING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATODERMA, PALMOPLANTAR; MALE; NEOPLASMS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84874469666     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws366     Document Type: Review

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