Chronic low-level arsenic exposure reduces lung function in male population without skin lesions

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 655-663

  Das, Debangshu ^a   Bindhani, Banani ^a   Mukherjee, Bidisha ^a   Saha, Hirak ^a   Biswas, Priyanka ^a   Dutta, Kaustav ^a   Prasad, Priyanka ^a   Sinha, Dona ^a   Ray, Manas Ranjan ^a  

^a CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Groundwater; Lung function; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; ARSENIC POISONING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDIA; INTOXICATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84905498302     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0567-5     Document Type: Article

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