Open AccessArsenic ingestion and increased microvascular disease risk: observations from the south-western arseniasis-endemic area in Taiwan
Author(s) -
JengMin Chiou,
ShuLi Wang,
ChienJen Chen,
Chia-Ru Deng,
Wender Lin,
TongYuan Tai
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyi108
Subject(s) - ingestion , disease , medicine , environmental health , geography , pathology
We established the association between arsenic ingestion and increased risk of vascular diseases associated with diabetes. However, the specific microvascular diseases in relation to arsenic exposure level have not been well reported.
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