Titre : | Evidence From Chile That Arsenic in Drinking Water May Increase Mortality From Pulmonary Tuberculosis. (2011) |
Auteurs : | Allan-H Smith ; Catterina FERRECCIO ; Jane LIAW ; Guillermo MARSHALL ; STEINMAUS (Craig) : USA. Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. California Environmental Protection Agency. Oakland. CA. ; . YAN YUAN ; Arsenic Health Effects Research Program. School of Public Health. University of California. Berkeley. CA. USA ; Departmento de Salud Publica. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Santiago. CHL |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of epidemiology (vol. 173, n° 4, 2011) |
Pagination : | 414-420 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Chili ; Arsenic ; Eau consommation humaine ; Augmentation ; Epidémiologie ; Mortalité ; Poumon ; Bactériose ; Infection ; Amérique ; Tuberculose pulmonaire ; Amérique du Sud |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xFkFBI. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Arsenic in drinking water causes increased mortality from several cancers, ischemic heart disease, bronchiectasis, and other diseases. This paper presents the first evidence relating arsenic exposure to pulmonary tuberculosis, by estimating mortality rate ratios for Region II of Chile compared with Region V for the years 1958-2000. The authors compared mortality rate ratios with time patterns of arsenic exposure, which increased abruptly in 1958 in Region II and then declined starting in 1971. Tuberculosis mortality rate ratios in men started increasing in 1968,10 years after high arsenic exposure commenced. The peak male 5-year mortality rate ratio occurred during 1982-1986 (rate ratio=2.1,95% confidence interval : 1.7,2.6 ; P |