Risk of erectile dysfunction induced by arsenic exposure through well water consumption in Taiwan.

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Published in Environ Health Perspect on April 01, 2008

Authors

Fang-I Hsieh1, Ti-Sheng Hwang, Yi-Chen Hsieh, Hsiu-Chiung Lo, Chien-Tien Su, Hui-Shing Hsu, Hung-Yi Chiou, Chien-Jen Chen

Author Affiliations

1: School of Public Health, Topnotch Stroke Research Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan.

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