Inorganic Arsenic in Drinking Water and Bladder Cancer: A Meta-Analysis for Dose-Response Assessment
- The paper of Bates et al. [1] incorrectly listed units of concentrations. They reported in units of milligrams rather than micrograms (see the last entries in Table 3 of their paper).
- In the paper by Chiou et al. [2] we introduced an error ourselves. We listed the arsenic exposure level as ≤ 50; 50–70; 71+. These should be ≤ 50; 50–700; 710+.
MCL (ppb) | AR (u_95) | AR (Mean) | AR (L_95) |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | −1.80E-07 | 1.08E-06 | −1.80E-07 |
3 | −5.39E-07 | 3.27E-06 | −5.39E-07 |
5 | −8.98E-07 | 5.48E-06 | −8.98E-07 |
10 | −1.79E-06 | 1.11E-05 | −1.79E-06 |
20 | −3.56E-06 | 2.29E-05 | −3.56E-06 |
50 | −8.78E-06 | 6.30E-05 | −8.78E-06 |
References
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Chu, H.-A.; Crawford-Brown, D. Inorganic Arsenic in Drinking Water and Bladder Cancer: A Meta-Analysis for Dose-Response Assessment. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2007, 4, 340-341. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph200704040010
Chu H-A, Crawford-Brown D. Inorganic Arsenic in Drinking Water and Bladder Cancer: A Meta-Analysis for Dose-Response Assessment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2007; 4(4):340-341. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph200704040010
Chicago/Turabian StyleChu, Huei-An, and Douglas Crawford-Brown. 2007. "Inorganic Arsenic in Drinking Water and Bladder Cancer: A Meta-Analysis for Dose-Response Assessment" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 4, no. 4: 340-341. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph200704040010