Genetic polymorphisms in AS3MT and arsenic metabolism in residents of the Red River Delta, Vietnam

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-141

  Agusa, Tetsuro ^a,b   Iwata, Hisato ^a   Fujihara, Junko ^b   Kunito, Takashi ^c   Takeshita, Haruo ^b   Minh, Tu Binh ^a,d   Trang, Pham Thi Kim ^d   Viet, Pham Hung ^d   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Arsenic; AS3MT; Groundwater; Human hair; Human urine; Polymorphism; Sand filtered water; SNP; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CACODYLIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; METHANEARSONIC ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; HAIR ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; METAL METABOLISM; METHYLATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; URINALYSIS; VIET NAM; WATER ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARSENIC; CHILD; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RIVERS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SILICON DIOXIDE; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62549105272     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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