Burden of skin lesions of arsenicosis at higher exposure through groundwater of taluka Gambat district Khairpur, Pakistan: A cross-sectional survey

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-346

  Fatmi, Zafar ^a   Abbasi, Imran Naeem ^a   Ahmed, Mubashir ^a   Kazi, Ambreen ^a   Kayama, Fujio ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gambat Pakistan; Ground water; High arsenic exposure; Skin lesions

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HEALTH SURVEY; LESION; SKIN; WELL WATER;

INDUS RIVER; PAKISTAN; SIND;

EID: 84877723757     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-012-9498-3     Document Type: Article

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