Arsenic exposure through drinking water increases the risk of liver and cardiovascular diseases in the population of West Bengal, India

Das, Nandana; Paul, Somnath; Chatterjee, Debmita; Banerjee, Nilanjana; Shekhar Majumder, Niladri; Sarma, Nilendu; Jyoti Sau, Tanmoy; Basu, Santanu; Banerjee, Saptarshi; Majumder, Papiya; Bandyopadhyay, Apurba; Christopher States, J.; K. Giri, Ashok

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-639

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Arsenic exposure through drinking water increases the risk of liver and cardiovascular diseases in the population of West Bengal, India

Published in BMC Public Health • Aug 10, 2012

Authors:

Nandana Das

Somnath Paul

Debmita Chatterjee

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Arsenic is a natural drinking water contaminant affecting 26 million people in West Bengal, India. Chronic arsenic exposure causes cancer, cardiovascular disease, liver disease, neuropathies and ocular diseases. The aims of the present study were to assess bioindicators of hepatocellular...

Subject

Medicine

Aspartate transaminase

Arsenic

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