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Arsenic-induced health effects and genetic damage in keratotic individuals: involvement of p53 arginine variant and chromosomal aberrations in arsenic susceptibility.
Mutation research - 1 Jan 2000
De Chaudhuri Sujata, Kundu Manjari, Banerjee Mayukh, Das Jayanta K, Majumdar Papiya, Basu Santanu, Roychoudhury Susanta, Singh Keshav K, Giri Ashok K
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In West Bengal, India, more than 6 million people are exposed to arsenic through drinking water. Chronic arsenic exposure results in several multisystemic non-cancerous as well as cancerous effects in humans. Among non-cancerous effects, arsenic-specific skin lesions, conjunctivitis, peripheral neuropathy and respiratory diseases are prominent. One of the major consequences of chronic arsenic exposure is...
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