Biomaterial Database

Groundwater contamination and the risk of arsenic poisoning in Pakistan. 2018

Fahad Hassan Shaikh, and Ammar Salman Syed, and Abdur Rehman

Dow Medical College, Karachi.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010154	Pakistan	A country located in southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north. The capital is Islamabad.	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001151	Arsenic	A shiny gray element with atomic symbol As, atomic number 33, and atomic weight 75. It occurs throughout the universe, mostly in the form of metallic arsenides. Most forms are toxic. According to the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP 85-002, 1985), arsenic and certain arsenic compounds have been listed as known carcinogens. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)	Arsenic-75,Arsenic 75
D012307	Risk Factors	An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent.	Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor
D014873	Water Pollutants	Substances or organisms which pollute the water or bodies of water. Use for water pollutants in general or those for which there is no specific heading.	Water Pollutant,Pollutant, Water,Pollutants, Water
D060587	Groundwater	Liquid water present beneath the surface of the earth.	Aquifers,Ground Water,Ground-Water,Subterranean Lakes,Underground Lakes,Underground Streams,Underground Water,Water Table,Aquifer,Ground Waters,Ground-Waters,Groundwaters,Lake, Subterranean,Lake, Underground,Lakes, Subterranean,Lakes, Underground,Stream, Underground,Streams, Underground,Subterranean Lake,Table, Water,Tables, Water,Underground Lake,Underground Stream,Underground Waters,Water Tables,Water, Underground,Waters, Underground
D020261	Arsenic Poisoning	Disorders associated with acute or chronic exposure to compounds containing ARSENIC (ARSENICALS) which may be fatal. Acute oral ingestion is associated with gastrointestinal symptoms and an encephalopathy which may manifest as SEIZURES, mental status changes, and COMA. Chronic exposure is associated with mucosal irritation, desquamating rash, myalgias, peripheral neuropathy, and white transverse (Mees) lines in the fingernails. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1212)	Arsenic Encephalopathy,Arsenic Induced Polyneuropathy,Arsenic Poisoning, Inorganic,Arsenic Poisoning, Nervous System,Arsenic Poisoning, Organic,Encephalopathy, Arsenic,Inorganic Arsenic Poisoning,Nervous System Poisoning, Arsenic,Nervous System, Organic Arsenic Poisoning,Neurotoxicity Syndrome, Arsenical,Organic Arsenic Poisoning, Nervous System,Poisoning, Arsenic, Nervous System,Polyneuropathy, Arsenic-Induced,Arsenic Encephalopathies,Arsenic Poisonings,Arsenic Poisonings, Inorganic,Arsenic Poisonings, Organic,Arsenic-Induced Polyneuropathies,Arsenic-Induced Polyneuropathy,Arsenical Neurotoxicity Syndrome,Arsenical Neurotoxicity Syndromes,Encephalopathies, Arsenic,Inorganic Arsenic Poisonings,Neurotoxicity Syndromes, Arsenical,Organic Arsenic Poisoning,Organic Arsenic Poisonings,Poisoning, Arsenic,Poisoning, Inorganic Arsenic,Poisoning, Organic Arsenic,Poisonings, Arsenic,Poisonings, Inorganic Arsenic,Poisonings, Organic Arsenic,Polyneuropathy, Arsenic Induced,Syndrome, Arsenical Neurotoxicity,Syndromes, Arsenical Neurotoxicity