Mizanur Rahman, Martin Tondel, Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Olav Axelson
The objective of this study was to assess whether arsenic exposure is a risk factor for diabetes mellitus as indicated in a few earlier studies. Arsenic in drinking water is known to occur in western Bangladesh, and in 1996, two of the authors conducted a survey of the prevalence of diabetes mellitu...
Martin Tondel, Mizanur Rahman, Anders Magnuson, I. Chowdhury et al.
To determine the relationship of arsenic-associated skin lesions and degree of arsenic exposure, a cross-sectional study was conducted in Bangladesh, where a large part of the population is exposed through drinking water. Four villages in Bangladesh were identified as mainly dependent on wells conta...
Mahfuzar Rahman, Martin Tondel, Sk Akhtar Ahmad, Ireen Akhter Chowdhury et al.
-A prevalence comparison of hypertension among subjects with and those without arsenic exposure through drinking water was conducted in Bangladesh to confirm or refute an earlier observation of a relation in this respect. Wells with and without present arsenic contamination were identified, and we i...
Mizanur Rahman, Martin Tondel, I. Chowdhury, Olav Axelson
OBJECTIVES: Exposure to arsenic causes keratosis, hyperpigmentation, and hypopigmentation and seemingly also diabetes mellitus, at least in subjects with skin lesions. Here we evaluate the relations of arsenical skin lesions and glucosuria as a proxy for diabetes mellitus. METHODS: Through existing ...
Martin Tondel, Mahfuzar Rahman, Anders Magnuson, Ireen Akhter Chowdhury et al.
To determine the relationship of arsenic-associated skin lesions and degree of arsenic exposure, a cross-sectional study was conducted in Bangladesh, where a large part of the population is exposed through drinking water. Four villages in Bangladesh were identified as mainly dependent on wells conta...
Martin Tondel