Family correlations of arsenic methylation patterns in children and parents exposed to high concentrations of arsenic in drinking water

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 729-733

  Chung, Joyce S ^a   Kalman, David A ^b   Moore, Lee E ^a   Kosnett, Michael J ^c   Arroyo, Alex P ^d   Beeris, Martin ^e   Guha Mazumder, D N ^f   Hernandez, Alexandra L ^a   Smith, Allan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^e Cosmo Andino ^*  (Chile)

^f INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Family correlations; Metabolism; Methylation; Susceptibility; Urine

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CACODYLIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DRINKING WATER; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHANEARSONATE; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; METABOLITE; METHYLATION; MOTHER; PARENT; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0036059830     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110729     Document Type: Article

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