Cancer Burden from Arsenic in Drinking Water in Bangladesh

Yu Chen; Habibul Ahsan

doi:10.2105/AJPH.94.5.741

Cancer Burden from Arsenic in Drinking Water in Bangladesh

Yu Chen, Habibul Ahsan

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Abstract

We assessed the potential burden of internal cancers due to arsenic exposure in Bangladesh. We estimated excess lifetime risks of death from liver, bladder, and lung cancers using an exposure distribution, death probabilities, and cancer mortality rates from Bangladesh and dose-specific relative risk estimates from Taiwan. Results indicated at least a doubling of lifetime mortality risk from liver, bladder, and lung cancers (229.6 vs 103.5 per 100000 population) in Bangladesh owing to arsenic in drinking water.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	741-744
Number of pages	4
Journal	American journal of public health
Volume	94
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.94.5.741
State	Published - May 2004

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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