Vascular dysfunction in patients with chronic arsenosis can be reversed by reduction of arsenic exposure

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-341

  Pi, Jingbo ^a,b   Yamauchi, Hiroshi ^c   Sun, Guifan ^d   Yoshida, Takahiko ^e   Aikawa, Hiroyuki ^f   Fujimoto, Wataru ^g   Iso, Hiroyasu ^a   Cui, Renzhe ^a   Waalkes, Michael P ^b   Kumagai, Yoshito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^f TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; cGMP; Endothelial dysfunction; Intervention study; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CREATININE; CYCLIC GMP; DRINKING WATER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SECOND MESSENGER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; URINARY EXCRETION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHINA; CYCLIC GMP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VASCULAR DISEASES; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 20144386772     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7471     Document Type: Article

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