Critical windows of exposure for arsenic-associated impairment of cognitive function in pre-school girls and boys: A population-based cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1593-1604

  Hamadani, J D ^a   Tofail, F ^a,b   Nermell, B ^b   Gardner, R ^b   Shiraji, S ^a   Bottai, M ^b   Arifeen, S E ^a   Huda, S N ^c   Vahter, M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Arsenic exposure; Child urinary arsenic; Cognitive function; Gender differences; Intelligence quotient; Maternal urinary arsenic; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

AGE CLASS; ARSENIC; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING WATER; GENDER ISSUE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINALYSIS;

ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; BANGLADESH; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 83455205972     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr176     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. IARC. Some Drinking-Water Disinfectants and Contaminants, Including Arsenic. Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2004.
2. Smith AH, Steinmaus CM. Health effects of arsenic and chromium in drinking water: recent human findings. Ann Rev Pub Health 2009;30:107-22.
3. Straif K, Benbrahim-Tallaa L, Baan R et al. A review of human carcinogens-part C: metals, arsenic, dusts, and fibres. Lancet Oncol 2009;10:453-54.
4. Calderon J, Navarro ME, Jimenez-Capdeville ME et al. Exposure to arsenic and lead and neuropsychological development in Mexican children. Environ Res 2001;85: 69-76.
5. Tsai SY, Chou HY. The effects of chronic arsenic exposure from drinking water on the neurobehavioral development in adolescence. Neurotoxicology 2003;24:747-53.
6. Wasserman GA, Liu X, Parvez F et al. Water arsenic exposure and children's intellectual function in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Environ Health Perspect 2004;112:1329-33.
7. Wang SX, Wang ZH, Cheng XT et al. Arsenic and fluoride exposure in drinking water: children's IQ and growth in Shanyin county, Shanxi province, China. Environ Health Perspect 2007;115:643-47.
8. Wasserman GA, Liu X, Parvez F et al. Water arsenic exposure and intellectual function in 6-year-old children in Araihazar, Bangladesh. Environ Health Perspect 2007;115: 285-89.
9. von Ehrenstein OS, Poddar S, Yuan Y et al. Children's intellectual function in relation to arsenic exposure. Epidemiology 2007;18:44-51.
10. Tofail F, Vahter M, Hamadani JD et al. Effect of arsenic exposure during pregnancy on infant development at 7 months in rural Matlab, Bangladesh. Environ Health Perspect 2009;117:288-93.
11. Hamadani JD, Grantham-McGregor SM et al. Pre-and postnatal arsenic exposure and child development at 18 months of age: a cohort study in rural Bangladesh. Int J Epidemiol 2010;39:1206-16.
12. Rahman A, Vahter M, Smith AH et al. Arsenic exposure during pregnancy and size at birth: a prospective cohort study in Bangladesh. Am J Epidemiol 2009;169:304-12.
13. Ahmed S, Khoda SM, Rekha RS et al. Arsenic-associated oxidative stress, inflammation, and immune disruption in human placenta and cord blood. Environ Health Perspect 2011;119:258-64.
14. Rahman A, Persson LÅ, Nermell B et al. Arsenic exposure and risk of spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, and infant mortality. Epidemiology 2010;21:797-804.
15. Nazmul S, Mohammad A, Mahfuzar R, Anisur R, Peter S, Pavlos K. Spatial patterns of fetal loss and infant death in an arsenic-affected area in Bangladesh. Int J Health Geograp 2010;9:53.
16. Rahman A, Vahter M, Ekström EC, Persson LÅ. Arsenic exposure in pregnancy increases the risk of lower respiratory tract infection and diarrhea during infancy in Bangladesh. Environ Health Perspect 2011;119:719-24.
17. Rodier PM. Developing brain as a target of toxicity. Environ Health Perspect 1995;103(Suppl 6):73-76.
18. Saha KK, Frongillo EA, Alam DS, Arifeen SE, Persson LÅ, Rasmussen KM. Household food security is associated with growth of infants and young children in rural Bangladesh. Pub Health Nutr 2009;12:1556-62.
19. Engström KS, Vahter M, Johansson G et al. Chronic exposure to cadmium and arsenic strongly influences concentrations of 8-oxo-7, 8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine in urine. Free Rad Biol Med 2010;48:1211-17.
20. Vahter M. Effects of arsenic on maternal and fetal health. Ann Rev Nutr 2009;29:381-99.
21. Lindberg AL, Rahman M, Persson LÅ, Vahter M. The risk of arsenic induced skin lesions in Bangladeshi men and women is affected by arsenic metabolism and the age at first exposure. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2008;230: 9-16.
22. Vahter M, Akesson A, Liden C, Ceccatelli S, Berglund M. Gender differences in the disposition and toxicity of metals. Environ Res 2007;104:85-95.
23. Tofail F, Persson LÅ, El Arifeen S et al. Effects of prenatal food and micronutrient supplementation on infant development: a randomized trial from the Maternal and Infant Nutrition Interventions, Matlab (MINIMat) study. Am J Clin Nutr 2008;87:704-11.
24. Icddr B. Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Matlab. Registration of Health and Demographic Events 2007 2009;41.
25. Rahman M, Vahter M, Wahed MA et al. Prevalence of arsenic exposure and skin lesions. A population-based survey in Matlab, Bangladesh. J Epidemiol Comm Health 2006;60:242-48.
26. Vahter ME, Li L, Nermell B et al. Arsenic exposure in pregnancy: a population-based study in Matlab, Bangladesh. J Health, Populat Nutr 2006;24:236-45.
27. Fängström B, Hamadani J, Nermell B, Grandér M, Palm B, Vahter M. Impaired arsenic metabolism in children during weaning. Toxicol App Pharmacol 2009;239:208-14.
28. Gardner R, Hamadani J, Grander M et al. Persistent exposure to arsenic via drinking water in rural Bangladesh despite major mitigation efforts. Am J Pub Health 2011; July 21: AJPH. 2010.300025 v1.
29. Nermell B, Lindberg AL, Rahman M et al. Urinary arsenic concentration adjustment factors and malnutrition. Environ Res 2008;106:212-18.
30. WHO. Measuring Change in Nutritional Status: Guidelines for Assessing the Nutritional Impact of Supplementary Feeding Programmes for Vulnerable Groups. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1983.
31. WHO. Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2006.
32. Wechsler D (ed.). Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence - III. San Antonio: The Psychological Corp, 2002.
33. Caldwell BM. Descriptive evaluations of child development and of developmental settings. Pediatrics 1967;40: 46-54.
34. Raven JC, John Hugh C, Raven JE. Manual for Raven's Progressive Matrices and Vocabulary Scales (2). London, UK: H.k. Lenid and Co. Ltd, 1986.
35. Norton GJ, Islam MR, Deacon CM et al. Identification of low inorganic and total grain arsenic rice cultivars from Bangladesh. Environ Sci Technol 2009;43:6070-75.
36. Engstrom K, Vahter M, Mlakar SJ et al. Polymorphisms in arsenic(+III oxidation state) methyltransferase (AS3MT) predict gene expression of AS3MT as well as arsenic metabolism. Environ Health Perspect 2011;119:182-88.
37. Ljung KS, Kippler MJ, Goessler W, Grander GM, Nermell BM, Vahter ME. Maternal and early life exposure to manganese in rural Bangladesh. Environ Sci Technol 2009;43:2595-601.
38. Wasserman GA, Liu X, Parvez F et al. Arsenic and manganese exposure and children's intellectual function. Neurotoxicology 2011;32:450-57.
39. Kalia M. Brain development: anatomy, connectivity, adaptive plasticity, and toxicity. Metabolism 2008;57: S2-S5.
40. Rodríguez VM, Limón-Pacheco JH, Carrizales L, Mendoza-Trejo MS, Giordano M. Chronic exposure to low levels of inorganic arsenic causes alterations in locomotor activity and in the expression of dopaminergic and antioxidant systems in the albino rat. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2010;32:640-47.
41. Xi S, Guo L, Qi R, Sun W, Jin Y, Sun G. Prenatal and early life arsenic exposure induced oxidative damage and altered activities and mRNA expressions of neurotransmitter metabolic enzymes in offspring rat brain. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 2010;24:368-78.
42. Davey JC, Nomikos AP, Wungjiranirun M et al. Arsenic as an endocrine disruptor: arsenic disrupts retinoic acid receptor- and thyroid hormone receptor-mediated gene regulation and thyroid hormone-mediated amphibian tail metamorphosis. Environment Health Perspect 2008; 116:165-72.
43. Masuo Y, Ishido M. Neurotoxicity of endocrine disruptors: possible involvement in brain development and neurodegeneration. J Toxicol Environment Health, Part B 2011; 14:346-69.
44. Bardullas U, Limón-Pacheco JH, Giordano M, Carrizales L, Mendoza-Trejo MS, Rodríguez VM. Chronic low-level arsenic exposure causes gender-specific alterations in locomotor activity, dopaminergic systems, and thioredoxin expression in mice. Toxicol App Pharmacol 2009;239:169-77.
45. Bouchard MF, Sauvé S, Barbeau B et al. Intellectual impairment in school-age children exposed to manganese from drinking water. Environ Health Perspect 2011;119: 138-43.
46. Gardner RM, Nermell B, Kippler M et al. Arsenic methylation efficiency increases during the first trimester of pregnancy independent of folate status. Reprod Toxicol 2011b;31:210-18.
47. Fängström B, Moore S, Nermell B et al. Breast-feeding protects against arsenic exposure in Bangladeshi infants. Environ Health Perspect 2008;116:963-69.
48. Gale CR, O'Callaghan FJ, Bredow M, Martyn CN. The influence of head growth in fetal life, infancy, and childhood on intelligence at the ages of 4 and 8 years. Pediatrics 2006;118:1486-92.