Nutritional factors and susceptibility to arsenic-caused skin lesions in West Bengal, India

Autor: Meera M. Hira Smith, Arindam Basu, D N Guha Mazumder, Nilima Ghosh, Ondine S. von Ehrenstein, Sambit Samanta, Gladys Block, Soma Mitra, Reina Haque, Allan H. Smith

Publikováno v: Environmental Health Perspectives
Environmental health perspectives, vol 112, iss 10

There has been widespread speculation about whether nutritional deficiencies increase the susceptibility to arsenic health effects. This is the first study to investigate whether dietary micronutrient and macronutrient intake modulates the well-estab

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15238285

A dugwell program to provide arsenic-safe water in West Bengal, India: preliminary results

Autor: Allan H. Smith, Xavier Savarimuthu, PS Chakraborty, Meera M. Hira Smith, Timir Hore, Deepa Chakraborty

Publikováno v: Journal of environmental science and health. Part A, Toxic/hazardous substancesenvironmental engineering. 38(1)

In 1982, Dr. K. C. Saha, a dermatologist of Calcutta, West Bengal, identified patients with skin lesions from the district of 24 Parganas, leading him and others to search for a cause. The cause was soon identified to be arsenic in drinking water, bu

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12635833

Arsenic-Induced Skin Lesions among Atacameno People in Northern Chile despite Good Nutrition and Centuries of Exposure

Autor: Allan H. Smith, Meera M. Hira Smith, Alex P. Arroyo, Alexandra L. Hernandez, Martin Beeris, Lee E. Moore, Debendra Nath Guha Mazumder, Michael J. Kosnett

Publikováno v: Environmental Health Perspectives, vol 108, iss 7
Environmental Health Perspectives

It has been suggested that the indigenous Atacameño people in Northern Chile might be protected from the health effects of arsenic in drinking water because of many centuries of exposure. Here we report on the first intensive investigation of arseni

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https://doi.org/10.2307/3434881

Prospective cohort study of respiratory effects at ages 14 to 26 following early life exposure to arsenic in drinking water.

Autor: Khan MA; Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh., Hira-Smith M; Arsenic Health Effects Research Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California., Ahmed SI; Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh., Yunus M; Maternal and Child Health Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh., Hasan SMT; Nutrition and Clinical Services Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh., Liaw J; Arsenic Health Effects Research Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California., Balmes J; Arsenic Health Effects Research Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California.; Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California., Raqib R; Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh., Yuan Y; Arsenic Health Effects Research Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California., Kalman D; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington., Roh T; Arsenic Health Effects Research Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California., Steinmaus C; Arsenic Health Effects Research Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California.; Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, Oakland, California., Smith AH; Arsenic Health Effects Research Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California.

Publikováno v: Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) [Environ Epidemiol] 2020 Apr 09; Vol. 4 (2), pp. e089. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Apr 09 (Print Publication: 2020).

Capacity building in environmental health research in India and Nepal.

Autor: Von Ehrenstein OS; School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-7360, USA., Jenny AM, Basu A, Smith KR, Hira-Smith M, Smith AH

Publikováno v: International journal of occupational and environmental health [Int J Occup Environ Health] 2006 Oct-Dec; Vol. 12 (4), pp. 300-6.