Key words:
Arsenicosis in children, Arsenic skin pigmentation, Intellectual defect, Keratosis ey words:
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Kunal K. Majumdar, D. N. Guha Mazumder
Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, KPC Medical College & Hospital, Director, DNGM Research Foundation, Kolkata, India