Open AccessAssociation 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 - 2015
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.