Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST R0xF6Oys. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background A cross-sectional survey was conducted between April 1995 and March 1996 to investigate arsenic-associated skin lesions of keratosis and hyperpigmentation in West Bengal, India, and to determine their relationship to arsenic water levels. Methods In all, 7683 participants were examined and interviewed, and the arsenic levels in their drinking water measured. Results Although water concentrations ranged up to 3400 mug/l of arsenic, over 80% of participants were consuming water containing800 mug/l, and increasing from 0.2 per 100 in the lowest exposure category to 10.7 per 100 for males in the highest exposure level (>=800 mug/l). However, 12 cases with keratosis (2 females and 10 males) were drinking water containing
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