Long-Term Prospective Study of 6104 Survivors of Arsenic Poisoning During Infancy Due to Contaminated Milk Powder in 1955

BACKGROUND: In 1955, an outbreak of arsenic poisoning caused by ingestion of arsenic-contaminated dry milk occurred in western Japan. We assessed the excess mortality among Japanese who were poisoned during this episode as infants. METHODS: We identified and enrolled 6104 survivors (mean age at enro...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Hideo, Tsukuma, Hideaki, Oshima, Akira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japan Epidemiological Association 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3900820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20736507
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20090131

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3900820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20736507
http://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20090131

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