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Bladder Cancer Mortality Associated with Arsenic in Drinking Water in Argentina

 

作者: Claudia,   Hopenhayn-Rich Mary,   Biggs Analía,   Fuchs Remo,   Bergoglio Enrique,   Tello Hugo,   Nicolli Allan,  

 

期刊: Epidemiology  (OVID Available online 1996)
卷期: Volume 7, issue 2  

页码: 117-124

 

ISSN:1044-3983

 

年代: 1996

 

出版商: OVID

 

关键词: Argentina;arsenic;bladder neoplasms;water pollutants;gender.

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

Inorganic arsenic (In-As) is known to be a human carcinogen, causing lung cancer by inhalation and skin cancer by ingestion. Ecologic studies in Taiwan have found a dose-response relation between ingestion of In-As from drinking water and bladder cancer, but questions have been raised concerning the validity and generalizability of the findings. Several areas of Argentina have had high exposures to arsenic from naturally contaminated drinking water, particularly the eastern region of the province of Córdoba. In this study, we investigated bladder cancer mortality for the years 1986–1991 in Córdoba's 26 counties, using rates for all of Argentina as the standard for comparison. Bladder cancer standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were consistently higher in counties with documented arsenic exposure. We grouped counties into low-, medium-, and high-exposure categories; the corresponding SMRs [with 95% confidence intervals (CI)] were 0.80 (95% CI = 0.66–0.96), 1.42 (95% CI = 1.14–1.74), and 2.14 (95% CI = 1.78–2.53) for men, and 1.21 (95% CI = 0.85–1.64), 1.58 (95% CI = 1.01–2.35), and 1.82 (95% CI = 1.19–2.64) for women. The clear trends found in a population with different genetic composition and a high-protein diet support the findings in Taiwan.

 

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