Effects of Arsenic in Drinking Water on Risk of Hepatitis  or Cirrhosis in Persons With and Without Chronic Viral Hepatitis

We examined associations between exposure of arsenic in drinking water and risk of hepatitis and cirrhosis, and the interaction with chronic viral hepatitis, in people living in the Lanyang Basin of northeastern Taiwan, where well water has an arsenic content that ranges from undetectable to 3590 μg/L.

Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - April 5, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Ling-I. Hsu, Yuan-Hung Wang, Fang-I. Hsieh, Tse-Yen Yang, Rachel Wen-Juei Jeng, Chien-Ting Liu, Chi-Ling Chen, Kuang-Hung Hsu, Hung-Yi Chiou, Meei-Maan Wu, Chien-Jen Chen Source Type: research