Effects of in utero arsenic exposure on child immunity and morbidity in rural Bangladesh

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-202

  Raqib, Rubhana ^a   Ahmed, Sultan ^a   Sultana, Rokeya ^a   Wagatsuma, Yukiko ^b   Mondal, Dinesh ^a   Hoque, A M Waheedul ^a   Nermell, Barbro ^c   Yunus, Mohammed ^a   Roy, Shantonu ^a   Persson, Lars Ake ^e   Arifeen, Shams El ^a   Moore, Sophie ^d   Vahter, Marie ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arsenic; IL 7; In utero; Lactoferrin; Morbidity; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; INTERLEUKIN 7; LACTOFERRIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREAST MILK; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MORBIDITY; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYMUS; URINALYSIS;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-7; LACTOFERRIN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; MORBIDITY; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; THYMUS GLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 60449111944     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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