Associations between toenail arsenic concentration and dietary factors in a New Hampshire population

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gruber, Joann F ^a,b   Karagas, Margaret R ^b   Gilbert Diamond, Diane ^b   Bagley, Pamela J ^c   Zens, M Scot ^b   Sayarath, Vicki ^b   Punshon, Tracy ^a   Morris, J Steven ^d   Cottingham, Kathryn L ^a  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biomarkers; Epidemiology; Fatty acids; Fish; Folate; Lipids; One carbon metabolism

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; DRINKING WATER; FAT; FOLIC ACID; LIPID; METHIONINE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CARBON METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CANCER; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARSENIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DRINKING WATER; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH OILS; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VITAMIN B 12; WATER WELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84863010715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-45     Document Type: Article

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