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16381491

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-29
pubmed:abstractText
Arsenic is the major risk factor for blackfoot disease, a peripheral vascular disease that has been endemic to the southwest coast of Taiwan for more than 50 yr because of the consumption of local artesian well water containing high levels of arsenic. Long-term arsenic exposure has been associated with kidney cancer mortality in a dose-response relationship. In the early 1960s, a tap water supply system was implemented in the blackfoot-endemic areas. After the mid-1970s, artesian well water was no longer used for drinking or cooking in the region. The authors examined whether kidney cancer mortality decreased after the elimination of arsenic exposure from artesian well water. Standardized mortality ratios for kidney cancer were calculated for the blackfoot-endemic area for the years 1971-2000. Study results showed that mortality from kidney cancer declined gradually during this time; therefore, the association of arsenic exposure with kidney cancer mortality was likely causal.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0003-9896
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
484-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Reduction in kidney cancer mortality following installation of a tap water supply system in an arsenic-endemic area of Taiwan.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan. chunyuh@kmu.edu.tw
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't