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American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on June 12, 2006
American Journal of Epidemiology 2006 164(2):194-195; doi:10.1093/aje/kwj197
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American Journal of Epidemiology Copyright © 2006 by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health All rights reserved; printed in U.S.A.

Letter to the Editor

RE: "ARSENIC EXPOSURE AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE"

Arthur L. Klatsky1,2

1 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, CA 94611
2 Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, CA 94611

(e-mail: arthur.klatsky@kp.org)

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For their systematic review of arsenic and cardiovascular disease, Navas-Acien et al. (1Go) thoroughly searched and rigorously reviewed reports from 1966 through April 2005. This methodology, exemplary in a modern context, could not have uncovered citations pertinent to a documented episode of arsenic-mediated cardiotoxicity that happened in the United Kingdom long before 1966. That epidemic, here called "arsenic-beer drinkers' . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Am. J. Epidemiol., July 15, 2006; 164(2): 195 - 196.
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