Associations between Arsenic in Drinking Water and Pterygium in Southwestern Taiwan

BACKGROUND: Pterygium is a fibrovascular growth of the bulbar conjunctiva and underlying subconjunctival tissue that may cause blindness. The mechanism of pterygium formation is not yet fully understood, but pterygium has some tumorlike features. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to evalua...

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Autores principales: Lin, Wei, Wang, Shu-Li, Wu, Horng-Jiun, Chang, Kuang-Hsi, Yeh, Peter, Chen, Chien-Jen, Guo, How-Ran
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2453166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18629320
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11111

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2453166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18629320
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11111

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