Prevalence of skin lesions and exposure to arsenic in drinking water in Iran

Prevalence of skin lesions was investigated among 752 participants in eight villages in Kurdistan province in Iran with emphasis on total lifetime intake of arsenic from drinking water (TLIA). The participants were selected from eight villages with different exposure levels using a cluster-sampling...

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Published in:The Science of the total environment 2008-02, Vol.390 (1), p.69-76
Main Authors: Mosaferi, Mohammad, Yunesian, Masud, Dastgiri, Saeed, Mesdaghinia, Alireza, Esmailnasab, Nader
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arsenic
Arsenic - analysis
Arsenic - toxicity
Biological and medical sciences
Chemical and industrial products toxicology. Toxic occupational diseases
disease prevalence
Drinking water
Environment. Living conditions
Environmental Exposure - adverse effects
Environmental Exposure - analysis
Female
Humans
hyperkeratosis
Hyperpigmentation - chemically induced
Hyperpigmentation - epidemiology
Iran
Iran - epidemiology
Keratosis - chemically induced
Keratosis - epidemiology
Lifetime intake
Male
Medical sciences
Metals and various inorganic compounds
Middle Aged
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Skin lesions
Toxicology
villages
Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis
Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity
water pollution
water quality
Water Supply - analysis
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Summary:Prevalence of skin lesions was investigated among 752 participants in eight villages in Kurdistan province in Iran with emphasis on total lifetime intake of arsenic from drinking water (TLIA). The participants were selected from eight villages with different exposure levels using a cluster-sampling technique. TLIA was calculated for each individual taking into account the type of water supply and their mean annual arsenic concentration. The study showed that 49 persons (6.5%) were suffering from hyperkeratosis and 20 persons (2.7%) from hyperpigmentation. The correlation between hyperkeratosis and hyperpigmentation was significant (R=0.325, p
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.09.035