Cancer Burden From Arsenic in Drinking Water in Bangladesh

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ID11022271
AutoresYu Chen (0000-0002-0557-4316, The authors are with the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City. Habibul Ahsan is also with the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University.), Habibul Ahsan (0000-0001-9808-377X, The authors are with the Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York City. Habibul Ahsan is also with the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University.)
Ano2004
Volume94
Fascículo5
Páginas741-744
Data de publicação2004-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.94.5.741
PMID15117692
OpenAlexW2126474123
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas16

We assessed the potential burden of internal cancers due to arsenic exposure in Bangladesh. We estimated excess lifetime risks of death from liver, bladder, and lung cancers using an exposure distribution, death probabilities, and cancer mortality rates from Bangladesh and dose-specific relative risk estimates from Taiwan. Results indicated at least a doubling of lifetime mortality risk from liver, bladder, and lung cancers (229.6 vs 103.5 per 100 000 population) in Bangladesh owing to arsenic in drinking water

Arsenic · Arsenic contamination of groundwater · Bladder cancer · Cancer · Environmental health · Liver cancer · Lung cancer · Mortality rate · Population · Arsenic contamination and mitigation · Chemistry · Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity · Heavy metals in environment · Internal Medicine · Medicine