A concurrent exposure to arsenic and fluoride from drinking water in Chihuahua, Mexico

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 4587-4601

  González Horta, Carmen ^a   Ballinas Casarrubias, Lourdes ^a   Sánchez Ramírez, Blanca ^a   Ishida, María C ^a   Barrera Hernández, Angel ^b   Gutiérrez Torres, Daniela ^a   Zacarias, Olga L ^a   Jesse Saunders, R ^c   Drobná, Zuzana ^c   Mendez, Michelle A ^c   García Vargas, Gonzalo ^d   Loomis, Dana ^e   Stýblo, Miroslav ^c   Del Razo, Luz M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c University of North Carolina   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Adults; Arsenic; Drinking water; Fluoride; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; INORGANIC ARSENIC; INORGANIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUOROPHOSPHATE; GROUND WATER; PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WATER POLLUTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; URINALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; URINE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929353070     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph120504587     Document Type: Article

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