Toenail arsenic concentrations, GSTT1 gene polymorphisms, and arsenic exposure from drinking water

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2419-2426

  Kile, Molly L ^a   Houseman, E Andres ^a   Rodrigues, Ema ^a,b   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Quamruzzaman, Quazi ^c   Rahman, Mahmuder ^c   Mahiuddin, Golam ^c   Su, Li ^a   Christiani, David C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Dhaka Community Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; GSTT1 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; SCHOOL CHILD; TOE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER;

EID: 26444529053     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0306     Document Type: Article

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