Blood concentrations of methionine, selenium, beta-carotene, and other micronutrients in a case-control study of arsenic-induced skin lesions in West Bengal, India

Environmental Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 230-237

  Chung, Joyce S ^a   Haque, Reina ^a,b   Guha Mazumder, D N ^c   Moore, Lee E ^a,d   Ghosh, Nilima ^c   Samanta, Sambit ^c   Mitra, Soma ^c   Hira Smith, Meera M ^a   von Ehrenstein, Ondine ^a   Basu, Arindam ^c   Liaw, Jane ^a   Smith, Allan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

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

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Beta Carotene; Drinking water; Methionine; Micronutrients; Selenium; Skin lesions; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINO ACID; ARSENIC; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GROUND WATER; HOMOCYSTEINE THIOLACTONE; LYCOPENE; METHIONINE; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARSENIC; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CONTAINMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; LESION; METABOLITE; SELENIUM; SKIN DISORDER; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN DEFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BETA CAROTENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; METHIONINE; MICRONUTRIENTS; SELENIUM; SKIN DISEASES;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 33646441451     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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