Nutritional status has marginal influence on the metabolism of inorganic arsenic in pregnant Bangladeshi women

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-321

  Li, Li ^a   Ekström, Eva Charlotte ^b   Goessler, Walter ^c   Lönnerdal, Bo ^d   Nermell, Barbro ^a   Yunus, Mohammad ^e   Rahman, Anisur ^b,e   El Arifeen, Shams ^e   Persson, Lars Åke ^b   Vahter, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Metabolite; Methylation; Nutrition; Pregnant women; Urine

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BETAINE; CACODYLIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DRINKING WATER; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHANEARSONIC ACID; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MALNUTRITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLITE; METHYLATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METHYLATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 40849130997     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10639     Document Type: Article

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