Evidence for induction of oxidative stress caused by chronic exposure of Chinese residents to arsenic contained in drinking water

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 331-336

  Pi, Jingbo ^a,b   Yamauchi, Hiroshi ^c   Kumagai, Yoshito ^a   Sun, Guifan ^b   Yoshida, Takahiko ^d   Aikawa, Hiroyuki ^e   Hopenhayn Rich, Claudia ^f   Shimojo, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^e TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Chronic arsenic poisoning; Drinking water; Glutathione; Human; Lipid peroxidation; Methylation; Nonprotein sulfhydryl; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LIPID PEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; WELL WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; METABOLITE; METHYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036226578     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110331     Document Type: Article

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