Arsenic in drinking water and adverse pregnancy outcome in an arseniasis-endemic area in northeastern Taiwan

CY Yang, CC Chang, SS Tsai, HY Chuang, CK Ho… - Environmental …, 2003 - Elsevier
The well water in Lanyang Basin, which is located in the northeastern portion of Taiwan
island, was found to have high levels of arsenic ranging from undetectable levels (< 0.15 …

Associations between hepatitis C viremia and low serum triglyceride and cholesterol levels: a community-based study

CY Dai, WL Chuang, CK Ho, MY Hsieh, JF Huang… - Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND/AIMS: To evaluate the association of virologic status with serum cholesterol
and triglyceride levels in individuals with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. METHODS: We …

Hepatitis C viremia increases the association with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a hepatitis B and C endemic area: an epidemiological link with virological implication

JF Huang, CY Dai, SJ Hwang, CK Ho… - Official journal of the …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES There is growing evidence with regard to the association between hepatitis C
virus (HCV) infection and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the mutual link and …

Relationship between air pollution and daily mortality in a subtropical city: Taipei, Taiwan

CY Yang, CC Chang, HY Chuang, SS Tsai… - Environment …, 2004 - Elsevier
Air pollution has been associated with daily mortality in numerous studies over the past
decade. However most of these studies were conducted in the United States and Europe …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-induced oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation in relation to immunological alteration

HA Jeng, CH Pan, N Diawara… - Occupational and …, 2011 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives We evaluated the association between exposure to polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) and immunological measurements using blood samples from coke …

Viral hepatitis infections in southern Taiwan: a multicenter community‐based study

JF Yang, CI Lin, JF Huang, CY Dai… - … Kaohsiung journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are major causes of liver
disease in Taiwan and have a great impact on the health of this country. This study …

Residential exposure to petrochemicals and the risk of leukemia: using geographic information system tools to estimate individual-level residential exposure

CL Yu, SF Wang, PC Pan, MT Wu, CK Ho… - American journal of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
The authors conducted a population-based, case-control study in Kaohsiung, southern
Taiwan, Republic of China, to investigate the association between residential petrochemical …

The public health threat of phthalate-tainted foodstuffs in Taiwan: the policies the government implemented and the lessons we learned

MT Wu, CF Wu, JR Wu, BH Chen, EK Chen… - Environment …, 2012 - Elsevier
A major incident of phthalate-contaminated foodstuffs happened in Taiwan between April
and July, 2011. Phthalates were deliberately added to foodstuffs as a substitute of emulsifier …

Toxicity of tetramethylammonium hydroxide: review of two fatal cases of dermal exposure and development of an animal model

CH Lee, CL Wang, HF Lin, CY Chai… - Toxicology and …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
To document two cases of patients who were fatally exposed to tetramethylammonium
hydroxide (TMAH) on the skin and to establish a rat model to investigate the effects of …

Carcinogenetic impact of alcohol intake on squamous cell carcinoma risk of the oesophagus in relation to tobacco smoking

CH Lee, DC Wu, JM Lee, IC Wu, YG Goan… - European journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Consumption of alcohol and tobacco, separately or jointly, can increase the risk of
oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). It is unclear whether the amount of alcohol …