Statistical Analysis of Causes of Death (2005-2010) in Villages of Simav Plain, Turkey, with High Arsenic Levels in Drinking Water Supplies

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-46

  Gunduz, Orhan ^a   Bakar, Coskun ^b   Simsek, Celalettin ^a   Baba, Alper ^c   Elci, Alper ^a   Gurleyuk, Hakan ^d   Mutlu, Merdiye ^a   Cakir, Ayse ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^d Applied Speciation and Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

arsenic; groundwater; public health; Simav; Turkey; verbal autopsy

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COLON CANCER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTOXICATION; LUNG CANCER; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEX RATIO; STOMACH CANCER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; AGED; ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOXICITY; TURKEY; VERY ELDERLY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84924924730     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19338244.2013.872076     Document Type: Article

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