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Due to its adverse health effects, its presence in drinking water has become a public health concern.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_reveh-2021-0168_abs_002\">\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>In this systematic review, we investigated the relationship between arsenic concentration in drinking water and the risk of kidney cancer in humans. For this reason, various electronic databases were searched from 1992\u00a0February to November 2021. In this review, three ecological studies, two case-control studies, and four cohort studies were investigated.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_reveh-2021-0168_abs_003\">\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>High levels of arsenic (100\u00a0\u03bcg\/L) have been reported in many countries such as southwest Taiwan, Niigata, Argentine, and northern Chile. A significant relationship was observed between kidney cancer incidence and its mortality rate with high arsenic levels in drinking water.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec id=\"j_reveh-2021-0168_abs_004\">\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Despite the limitations in some previous studies, reviewing and comparing the data of different regions indicates a scientific relationship between kidney cancer incidence and high concentrations of arsenic in drinking water.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/reveh-2021-0168","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,15]],"date-time":"2022-03-15T02:46:27Z","timestamp":1647312387000},"page":"255-263","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["Arsenic in drinking water and kidney cancer: a systematic review"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"38","author":[{"given":"Nematollah","family":"Jaafarzadeh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Environmental Technologies Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering , Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences . 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