Natural history following arsenic exposure. A study in an arsenic endemic area of West Bengal, India.

Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects V

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 381-389

  Guha Mazumder, D N ^a   Ghose, Nilima ^a   Mazumder, Kunal ^a   Santra, Amal ^a   Lahiri, Sarbari ^a   Das, Subhankar ^a   Basu, Arindam ^a   Smith, Allan H ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenicosis; Natural history; safe water; Skin lesions; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENICOSIS; NATURAL HISTORY; SAFE WATER; SKIN LESION; WEST BENGAL;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 84942568466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044451441-7/50030-0     Document Type: Chapter

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