Reduction in urinary arsenic levels in response to arsenic mitigation efforts in Araihazar, Bangladesh

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Year of Publication: 
2007
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Chen, Y.; van Geen, A.; Graziano, J. H.; Pfaff, A.; Madajewicz, M.; Parvez, F.; Hussain, A. Z. M. I.; Slavkovich, V.; Islam, T.; Ahsan, H.
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Environmental Health Perspectives
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Jun
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115
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6
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917-923
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0091-6765
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ISI:000247280200038
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bangladesh; epidemiology; environmental epidemiology; intervention; heart-disease mortality; water-supply-system; drinking-water; skin-lesions; endemic area; exposure; groundwater; awareness; contamination; prevalence;
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BACKGROUND: There is a need to identify and evaluate an effective mitigation program for arsenic exposure from drinking water in Bangladesh.OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the effectiveness of a multifaceted mitigation program to reduce As exposure among 11,746 individuals in a prospective cohort study initiated in 2000 in Araihazar, Bangladesh, by interviewing participants and measuring changes in urinary As levels.METHODS: The interventions included a) person-to-person reporting of well test results and health education; b) well labeling and village-level health education; and c) installations of 50 deep, low-As community wells in villages with the highest As exposure.

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<Go to ISI>://000247280200038
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Doi 10.1289/Ehp.9833