Cancer Burden From Arsenic in Drinking Water in Bangladesh

Bibliographic Data

ID11022271
AuthorsYu 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.)
Year2004
Volume94
Issue5
Pages741-744
Publication date2004-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.94.5.741
PMID15117692
OpenAlexW2126474123
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited16

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