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Mortality in Young Adults following in Utero and Childhood Exposure to Arsenic in Drinking Water

Background: Beginning in 1958, the city of Antofagasta in northern Chile was exposed to high arsenic concentrations (870 µg/L) when it switched water sources. The exposure abruptly stopped in 1970 when an arsenic-removal plant commenced operations. A unique exposure scenario like this—with an abrupt...

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Autores principales: Smith, Allan H., Marshall, Guillermo, Liaw, Jane, Yuan, Yan, Ferreccio, Catterina, Steinmaus, Craig
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3556614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22949133
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104867