Evaluation of dietary arsenic exposure and its biomarkers: A case study of West Bengal, India

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

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 896-904

  Mazumder, Debendra Nath Guha ^a   Deb, Debasree ^a,c   Biswas, Anirban ^a,f   Saha, Chandan ^b   Nandy, Ashoke ^b   Ganguly, Bhaswati ^c   Ghose, Aloke ^a   Bhattacharya, Kallol ^d   Majumdar, Kunal Kanti ^a,e  

^a DNGM Research Foundation   (India)

^b CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^d BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic in hair; Arsenic in urine with skin lesion; Arsenic intake in exposed and unexposed population; Total arsenic exposure

Indexed keywords

ARSENICAL SKIN LESIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; SKIN LESION; TOTAL ARSENICS; WEST BENGAL , INDIA;

ARSENIC; BODY FLUIDS; DERMATOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NUTRITION;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKED FOOD; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HAIR; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INDIA; KERATOSIS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SCALP HAIR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING HABIT; UNDERWEIGHT; URINALYSIS; URINE; URINE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN DISEASES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875937009     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2013.761495     Document Type: Article

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