The die is cast: Arsenic exposure in early life and disease susceptibility

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1778-1781

  Thomas, David J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARSENIC EXPOSURE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84890461294     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx4003337     Document Type: Review

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