Impaired arsenic metabolism in children during weaning

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-214

  Fängström, Britta ^a   Hamadani, Jena ^b   Nermell, Barbro ^a   Grandér, Margaretha ^a   Palm, Brita ^a   Vahter, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Children; Drinking water; Exposure; Metabolism; Methylation; Urine

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CACODYLIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; METHANEARSONIC ACID;

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; METHYLATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXICITY; URINALYSIS; WEANING;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEANING;

EID: 68949178271     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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