blackfoot

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  1. A kind of matrimonial go-between, who in a friendly way acts as introducer, and generally facilitates the earlier stages of courtship. [Scots.]
  2. [capitalized] One of a certain tribe of North American Indians, the most western division of the Algonkin stock. [In this sense the plural is properly Blackfoots, but commonly Blackfeet.]

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  • Two reports in Taiwan carried out in the blackfoot disease-hyperendemic villages, one cross-sectional and one prospective follow-up of the same cohort, indicate that arsenic exposure from drinking artesian well water is associated with prevalence and incidence of diabetes mellitus in a dose-responsive pattern. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • An overview on peripheral vascular disease in blackfoot disease-hyperendemic villages in Taiwan. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The disease was locally called "blackfoot disease" because of its gangrenous appearance involving the feet of the patients. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Epidemiologic studies revealed that blackfoot disease was associated with the consumption of artesian well water containing high levels of arsenic. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • High co-occurrence of blackfoot disease and arsenic-related skin lesions such as hyperpigmentation, hyperkeratosis, and skin cancer was also observed. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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