Nutritional deficiency and arsenical manifestations: A perspective study in an arsenic-endemic region of West Bengal, India

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1644-1655

  Deb, Debasree ^a,b   Biswas, Anirban ^a,c   Ghose, Aloke ^a   Das, Arabinda ^d   Majumdar, Kunal K ^e   Guha Mazumder, Debendra N ^a,f  

^a DNGM Research Foundation   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

^d ACHARYA PRAFULLA CHANDRA COLLEGE   (India)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^f INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic manifestations; Energy intake; Micronutrients; Protein

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; TRACE ELEMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL CLASS; URINE; WATER POLLUTANT; YOUNG ADULT; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SKIN DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; DRINKING WATER; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENERGY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; SKIN DISEASES; SOCIAL CLASS; THINNESS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881095457     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012004697     Document Type: Article

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