Glutathione S-transferases M1 and T1 polymorphisms and arsenic content in hair and urine in two ethnic clans exposed to indoor combustion of high arsenic coal in Southwest Guizhou, China

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 545-551

  Lin, Guo Fang ^a   Du, Hui ^b   Chen, Ji Gang ^c   Lu, Hong Chao ^b   Kai, Jin Xiang ^b   Zhou, Yun Shu ^b   Guo, Wei Chao ^a   Zhang, Xin Jiang ^d   Lu, Da Ru ^e   Golka, Klaus ^f   Shen, Jian Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Prefecture Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d ZUNYI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Body burden; GSTM1; GSTT1; Indoor combustion; Skin lesion

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COAL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE M1; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1;

ALLELE; AMBIENT AIR; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ETHNICITY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAIR; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DEFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CHINA; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 34447536154     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-007-0187-4     Document Type: Article

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