Association between Lifetime Exposure to Inorganic Arsenic in Drinking Water and Coronary Heart Disease in Colorado Residents | Zendy

Katherine A. James | Zendy; Tim Byers | Zendy; John E. Hokanson | Zendy; Jaymie R. Meliker | Zendy; Gary O. Zerbe | Zendy; Julie A. Marshall | Zendy

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Association between Lifetime Exposure to Inorganic Arsenic in Drinking Water and Coronary Heart Disease in Colorado Residents

Author(s) -

Katherine A. James,

Tim Byers,

John E. Hokanson,

Jaymie R. Meliker,

Gary O. Zerbe,

Julie A. Marshall

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1307839

Subject(s) - arsenic , medicine , inorganic arsenic , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , environmental health , cohort , arsenic poisoning , physiology , chemistry , confidence interval , organic chemistry

Chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease (CHD), have been associated with ingestion of drinking water with high levels of inorganic arsenic (> 1,000 μg/L). However, associations have been inconclusive in populations with lower levels (< 100 μg/L) of inorganic arsenic exposure.

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