Arsenic exposure in Latin America: Biomarkers, risk assessments and related health effects

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 429, Issue , 2012, Pages 76-91

  McClintock, Tyler R ^a   Chen, Yu ^b   Bundschuh, Jochen ^c,d,e   Oliver, John T ^f   Navoni, Julio ^g   Olmos, Valentina ^g   Lepori, Edda Villaamil ^g   Ahsan, Habibul ^h   Parvez, Faruque ⁱ  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biomarkers; Drinking water; Internal malignancies; Latin America; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC EXPOSURE; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; DISEASE STATE; GENETIC FACTORS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS; GLUTATHIONE-S-TRANSFERASE; HEALTH CONSEQUENCES; HEALTH EFFECTS; HEALTH OUTCOMES; INTERNAL MALIGNANCIES; LATIN AMERICA; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROVISIONAL STANDARDS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; BIOMARKERS; GENES; HEALTH; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; TOXICITY;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARSENIC; BIOMARKER; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AS3MT GENE; BLADDER CANCER; BRONCHIECTASIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARBON METABOLISM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITION; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTOXICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GST GENE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84862268586     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.08.051     Document Type: Review

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