Risk of death from cardiovascular disease associated with low-level arsenic exposure among long-term smokers in a US population-based study

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 93-97

  Farzan, Shohreh F ^a,b   Chen, Yu ^b   Rees, Judy R ^a   Zens, M Scot ^a   Karagas, Margaret R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cardiovascular disease; Ischemic heart disease; Mortality; New Hampshire; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NAIL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; BIOMARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NAILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938987119     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2015.05.013     Document Type: Article

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