Arsenic exposure is associated with decreased DNA repair in vitro and in individuals exposed to drinking water arsenic

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1193-1198

  Andrew, Angeline S ^a   Burgess, Jefferey L ^b   Meza, Maria M ^c   Demidenko, Eugene ^a   Waugh, Mary G ^a   Hamilton, Joshua W ^a   Karagas, Margaret R ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenite; DNA repair; ERCC1; Molecular epidemiology; Nucleotide excision repair

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DNA; DRINKING WATER; EXCISION REPAIR CROSS COMPLEMENTING PROTEIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETOXY N (2 FLUORENYL)ACETAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXCISION REPAIR; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEXICO; MUTAGENICITY; NAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SAMPLING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ARSENIC; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDONUCLEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33746892695     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9008     Document Type: Article

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