Chronic Arsenic Poisoning and Respiratory Effects in Bangladesh
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Arsenic poisoning in bangladesh.
16% Exposure to arsenic through groundwater has been a major public health problem in the USA, Taiwan, Mexico, Mongolia, Argentina, India, Chile, and Bangladesh.1 More than 100 million people worldwide have been estimated to be chronically exposed to arsenic from drinking water containing high arsenic levels. The situation is devastating in Bangladesh that can easily be reflected via the number...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sangyo Eiseigaku Zasshi
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1341-0725,1349-533X
DOI: 10.1539/sangyoeisei.kj00001991639